Tag: engagement strategies
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Keeping up with the Conversation: The Jigsaw
The first strategy of a five-part post about discussion strategies. These five strategies will help students to improve small group communication while also allowing them to synthesize important course content in large group discussions. It is appropriate and fair to see setting up discussions as one of the most difficult instructional strategies in our lessons. […]
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How to elevate connections between students and their terms
Utilizing the Frayer Model provides unique chances to engage students with important vocabulary while formatively assessing their comprehension of reading and course concepts. One of the most common assumptions many of us make in our teaching is that students are on the same page as us when it comes to the terms we are using. […]
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How to Shift Point-focused Reading Assessments to Engagement
Utilizing trivia and incentives provides a mix of enjoyment and encouragement for student learning. To begin, I am firmly against the way in which we frame grading and scoring currently. I think it is entirely unfair and unprofessional to tell students that nearly 60% of all of the potential graded outcome is labeled as “fail.” […]
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Planning for Reader Success
Three strategies to improve student preparation for class you can use right now. Planning out readings for my courses is relatively easy. It takes time, but it isn’t a cumbersome process. I’ve learned that the why of what I assigned is reliant on me being explicit about the purpose of what I need students to […]
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HTML Code for LMS Customization
Being able to provide students with a one-stop, organized page for daily lessons will increase their ability to perform successfully. It is about removing barriers and hidden curriculum that is often embedded in our course design and LMS functions. It also helps us as teachers to think about our thinking in a way that puts student experience first, rather than our instructional comfort zone.
Patrick R. Johnson, MJE 