Student Engagement Techniques A Handbook for College Faculty

Name: Student Engagement Techniques A Handbook for College Faculty
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ISBN: 9780470281918

ISBN-10: 047028191X

ISBN-13: 9780470281918

Edition: 2010

Authors: Elizabeth F. Barkley

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Student engagement is the underlying stumbling block to student learning yet essential to student success. Providing a solution to this perennial problem, Student Engagement Techniques presents over 100 much-needed specific tips, techniques, and strategies to engage students in the college classroom. Modeled after the highly successful Classroom Assessment Techniques and Collaborative Learning Techniques, the book emphasizes practical techniques and strategies that have been devised by experienced classroom teachers from a wide variety of disciplines and institutions.

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 10/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English



Preface


The Author



A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Student Engagement



What Does Student Engagement Mean?



Student Engagement and Motivation



Student Engagement and Active Learning



Promoting Synergy Between Engagement and Active Learning



Additional Facets to Consider



From Theory to Practice: Teachers Talk About Student Engagement



Tips and Strategies



Tips and Strategies for Fostering Motivation


T/S 1 Expect engagement


T/S 2 Develop and display the qualities of engaging teachers


T/S 3 Use behaviorist-based strategies to reward learning rather than behavior


T/S 4 Use praise and criticism effectively


T/S 5 Attend to students' basic needs so that they can focus on the higher-level needs required for learning


T/S 6 Promote student autonomy


T/S 7 Teach things worth learning


T/S 8 Integrate goals, activities, and assessment


T/S 9 Craft engaging learning tasks


T/S 10 Incorporate competition appropriately


T/S 11 Expect students to succeed


T/S 12 Help students expect to succeed


T/S 13 Try to rebuild the confidence of discouraged and disengaged students



Tips and Strategies for Promoting Active Learning


T/S 14 Be clear on your learning goals


T/S 15 Clarify your role


T/S 16 Orient students to their new roles


T/S 17 Help students develop learning strategies


T/S 18 Activate prior learning


T/S 19 Teach in ways that promote effective transfer


T/S 20 Teach for retention


T/S 21 Limit and chunk information


T/S 22 Provide opportunities for guided practice and rehearsal


T/S 23 Organize lectures in ways that promote active learning


T/S 24 Use reverse or inverted classroom organization


T/S 25 Use rubrics to give learners frequent and useful feedback



Tips and Strategies for Building Community


T/S 26 Move away from an authoritarian role


T/S 27 Promote class civility


T/S 28 Create a physical or online course environment that supports community


T/S 29 Reduce anonymity: Learn students' names and help students learn each others names


T/S 30 Use icebreakers to warm up the class


T/S 31 Use technology to extend or reinforce community


T/S 32 Be consciously inclusive


T/S 33 Subdivide large classes into smaller groupings


T/S 34 Involve all students in discussion


T/S 35 Use group work effectively


T/S 36 Revisit icebreaker kinds of activities later in the term


T/S 37 Celebrate community



Tips and Strategies for Ensuring Students Are Appropriately Challenged


T/S 38 Assess students' starting points


T/S 39 Monitor class pacing


T/S 40 Help students learn to self-assess


T/S 41 Differentiate course elements to meet individual student needs


T/S 42 Use scaffolding to provide assistance for complex learning



Tips and Strategies for Teaching for Holistic Learning


T/S 43 Pick up the pace to hold attention


T/S 44 Offer options for non-linear learning


T/S 45 Use principles of universal design


T/S 46 Incorporate games


T/S 47 Teach so that students use multiple processing modes


T/S 48 Incorporate multiple domains when identifying learning goals


T/S 49 Include learning activities that involve physical movement


T/S 50 Consider creating a graphic syllabus



Student Engagement Techniques (SETs)


Category I. Techniques to Engage Students in Learning Course-Related Knowledge and Skills



Knowledge, Skills, Recall, and Understanding


SET 1 Background Knowledge Probe


SET 2 Artifacts


SET 3 Focused Reading Notes


SET 4 Quotes


SET 5 Stations


SET 6 Team Jeopardy


SET 7 Seminar



Analysis and Critical Thinking


SET 8 Classify


SET 9 Frames


SET 10 Believing and Doubting


SET 11 Academic Controversy


SET 12 Split-Room Debate


SET 13 Analytic Teams


SET 14 Book Club


SET 15 Small Group Tutorials



Synthesis and Creative Thinking


SET 16 Team Concept Maps


SET 17 Variations


SET 18 Letters


SET 19 Role Play


SET 20 Poster Sessions


SET 21 Class Book


SET 22 WebQuests



Problem Solving


SET 23 What's the Problem?


SET 24 Think Again


SET 25 Think-Aloud-Pair-Problem Solving (TAPPS)


SET 26 Proclamations


SET 27 Send-a-Problem


SET 28 Case Studies



Application and Performance


SET 29 Contemporary Issues Journals


SET 30 Hearing the Subject


SET 31 Directed Paraphrase


SET 32 Insights-Resources-Application (IRAs)


SET 33 Jigsaw


SET 34 Field Trips


Category II. Techniques for Developing Learner Attitudes, Values, and Self-Awareness



Attitudes and Values


SET 35 Autobiographical Reflections


SET 36 Dyadic Interviews


SET 37 Circular Response


SET 38 Ethical Dilemmas


SET 39 Connected Communities


SET 40 Stand Where You Stand



Self-Awareness as Learners


SET 41 Learning Logs


SET 42 Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ)


SET 43 Go for the Goal


SET 4 Post-test Analysis



Learning and Study Skills


SET 4 In-class Portfolio


SET 46 Resource Scavenger Hunt


SET 47 Formative Quiz


SET 48 Crib Cards


SET 49 Student-Generated Rubrics


SET 50 Triad Listening



Key to Courses and Professors in SET Examples



NSSE/SET Crosswalk Tables


References


Index