1. Student Engagement

2. Today Motivation Motivation Concept maps Concept maps

3. Motivation Willingness to apply effort to a task Willingness to apply effort to a task Willingness to persist Willingness to persist

4. ARCS Model Attention Attention Relevance Relevance Confidence Confidence Satisfaction Satisfaction

5. Attention Use novelty to gain interest Use novelty to gain interest Arouse student curiosity Arouse student curiosity Incorporate varied activities Incorporate varied activities

6. Relevance Present goals Present goals Allow student choice in specific topic or activity Allow student choice in specific topic or activity Relate content to familiar experiences or prior learning Relate content to familiar experiences or prior learning

7. Confidence Inform students of criteria and provide models of exemplary work Inform students of criteria and provide models of exemplary work Provide multiple opportunities for success Provide multiple opportunities for success Attribute success to internal factors (hard work, for example) Attribute success to internal factors (hard work, for example)

8. Satisfaction Encourage intrinsic reinforcement Encourage intrinsic reinforcement Provide extrinsic rewards Provide extrinsic rewards Offer feedback based on criteria Offer feedback based on criteria

9. Concept Maps Graphical representations of schema structures Graphical representations of schema structures Concepts (nodes) linked with Relationships Concepts (nodes) linked with Relationships Examples Examples http://schools.portnet.k12.ny.us/~kids/teachers/Inspiratio n/examples.htm http://schools.portnet.k12.ny.us/~kids/teachers/Inspiratio n/examples.htm http://schools.portnet.k12.ny.us/~kids/teachers/Inspiratio n/examples.htm http://schools.portnet.k12.ny.us/~kids/teachers/Inspiratio n/examples.htm http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/environ/m2/s5/index.shtml http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/environ/m2/s5/index.shtml http://telstar.ote.cmu.edu/environ/m2/s5/index.shtml http://lasi.lynchburg.edu/McKenzie_w/public/Examples.ht m http://lasi.lynchburg.edu/McKenzie_w/public/Examples.ht m http://lasi.lynchburg.edu/McKenzie_w/public/Examples.ht m http://lasi.lynchburg.edu/McKenzie_w/public/Examples.ht m

10. Making a Concept Map Identify main topic Identify main topic Generate key concepts Generate key concepts Organize concepts Organize concepts Determine relationships among concepts Determine relationships among concepts

11. Remember… Start small and provide a template for students, at first Start small and provide a template for students, at first There are many right answers (good maps), but there are also wrong ones! There are many right answers (good maps), but there are also wrong ones! The links are as important as (or more important than) the nodes The links are as important as (or more important than) the nodes