Engagement




Engaging students in the learning process is a major part of education. Students should be engaged with everything that they do, but we know that it is hard to do that with a classroom of 30 students. However, it could be possible to engage everyone all at once. Teachers just need to come up with ways that will get students to think and use the knowledge that they have already acquired and learned. Grades are not always motivation. Some students are content with getting A’s and B’s and do not have to work very hard to get them, however there are some students who try to get the higher grades but just cannot seem to get them so they stop trying and their motivation decreases. So if teachers can assign projects or have little “competitions” between students and even the students and teachers, that will motivate the students to get answers quicker and think faster than their peers and even the teacher. I know that some students like that idea because I have actually tried that with my students and they love it, especially when they get the answer before me. Teachers could also challenge knowledge and have students answer questions that are related to topics that they have already learned, or the teacher could relate the topics to things that students like to do.  

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  1.   cafaulkner on September 26th, 2008

    I agree with what you say but i am going to be the devils advocate and ask..

    Instead of teachers finding different ways, projects, or other motivators… why can’t the students become more accountable? If they know they will not graduate, then they will try harder. I find that is the case more often than not. Don’t get me wrong.. some do have problems but come on… if you can’t read by the 4th grade… why should they go on?

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