1. Nicholas Salter Faculty Development Day February 21, 2018
A Crash Course on Student Engagement: Practical Tools to Use in the Classroom
Nicholas Salter
Faculty Development Day
February 21, 2018

2. What is Student Engagement?
Not an agreed-upon definition!
Passion/excitement
Participation/involvement
Today’s presentation:
Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (Elizabeth Barkley)

3. Fostering Motivation To be engaged, students need to want to learn!
It is difficult to force students to learn against their will!

4. Fostering Motivation Use praise and criticism effectively
Promote student autonomy
Teaching things worth learning
What do you do?

5. Promoting Active Learning
In order to engage students, they should be active participants in their learning, rather than just sitting back and being taught to.

6. Promoting Active Learning
Help students develop learning strategies
Activate prior learning
Provide opportunities for guided practice and rehearsal
What do you do?

7. Building Community
Engagement can be strengthened by building bonds among the students in class.

8. Building Community
Learn students’ names and help students learn each other’s names
Use group work effectively
Involve all students in discussion
Subdivide large classes into smaller groups
What do you do?

9. Ensuring Appropriate Challenge
Students will be most engaged if you hit the “peak” challenge level.
Not too easy
Not too difficult

10. Ensuring Appropriate Challenge
Help students to self-assess
Use scaffolding to provide assistance for complex learning
Monitor class pacing
What do you do?

11. Promoting Holistic Learning
Learning should be more than just cognitive!
Cognitive
Affective
Kinesthetic

12. Promoting Holistic Learning
Include learning activities that involve physical movement
Incorporate games
Teach so that students use multiple processing modes
What do you do?

13. For more information . . .

14. For more information . . .
Knowledge, Skills, Recall, and Understanding
Analysis and Critical Thinking
Synthesis and Creative Thinking
Problem Solving
Application and Performance
Attitudes and Values
Self-Awareness as Learners
Learning and Study Skills