4 C's
Students spend their time working with, engaging with, and helping others
Collaboration
Students are active in their learning process
Student engagement
lessons are turned into an interactive event where students get to participate in and use manipulatives to learn
games
when should i shake it up
when...
i am bored
students are bored
no one is paying attention
open-ended questions
critical thinking
Variety within lessons
Creativity
4 important factors of engagement
challenge
connections
conditions
control
environment is rearranged for student outcomes. can be in groups rows or clusters.
flexible seating
what strategy ranked the lowest for engagement
technology
warm environment where students can share feedback with eachother
conditions
Purpose of the 4 C's
Increase engagement. improve knowledge, skills, and expertise to handle real-world problems
ensuring that students are able to meet the demands of a task appropriately
challenge
used to increase engagement through new and innovative ways. can be used as a group or individually. Devices are used to facilitate the activities
Technology
when does project based learning/control not work in the classroom
when content does not fall in line with curricular outcomes
Jig-saw
Collaboration
Daily questions, Active listening, Class discusions
Communication
connection
students feel meaningfully connected to the content, the teacher, and their peers
Students have the freedom to choose what they want to learn and how they want to demonstrate their learning.
project based learning
why is it useful to see if students are making connections between concepts
to see if they are engaging with the content
highest rate of student engagement
game based activites
Rely on problem-solving skills and decision-making. Promotes higher levels of thinking.
Critical thinking
Students set their own goals for their education
control
environment is transformed to fit the context of what students are learning. takes a real-world approach.
room transformations
2 ways of measuring engagement
physical attentiveness
completion of task
Students learn best when
they have a connection to the material