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Engagement: What It Is, Why It Is Important to Teachers

Engagement: What It Is, Why It Is Important to Teachers. Introduction to Educational Psychology & Measurement Class Notes. Extent of Engagement During a Learning Activity. Engagement The behavioral intensity, emotional quality, and personal investment

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Engagement: What It Is, Why It Is Important to Teachers

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  1. Engagement:What It Is, Why It Is Important to Teachers Introduction to Educational Psychology & Measurement Class Notes

  2. Extent of Engagement During a Learning Activity Engagement The behavioral intensity, emotional quality, and personal investment in a student’s involvement during a learning activity.

  3. Engagement • Behavior • Attention • Effort • Persistence

  4. Extent of Engagement During a Learning Activity • Behavior • Attention • Effort • Persistence • Attention Concentration and on-task focus. • Effort Investment of one’s full measure • of their capacities in what they are doing. • Persistence Investment of effort over time, • even facing difficulties, setbacks.

  5. Extent of Engagement During a Learning Activity • Behavior • Attention • Effort • Persistence • Emotion • Interest • Enjoyment • Enthusiasm Behavioral engagement takes place within At emotional atmosphere of positive emotion:interest, enthusiasm, enjoyment, and a sense of “wanting to.”

  6. Extent of Engagement During a Learning Activity • Being strategic and • purposive in trying to • understand and master • the knowledge and skills • at hand. Planning, • monitoring, and • evaluating one’s work. • Using sophisticated • learning strategies: • Elaborating • Summarizing • Rehearsing • Behavior • Attention • Effort • Persistence • Emotion • Interest • Enjoyment • Enthusiasm • Cognition • Investment • Preference for • Challenge

  7. Extent of Engagement During a Learning Activity • An expression of the self during task involvement. • Offer suggestions • Recommend activities • Express interests, preferences • Participate in and contribute to class discussions • Ask questions about what is being learned • Basically: Attempt to influence the flow of the class • in a constructive way. • Voice • Participation • Expressing • Preferences

  8. Extent of Engagement During a Learning Activity • Behavior • Attention • Effort • Persistence • Emotion • Interest • Enjoyment • Enthusiasm • Cognition • Investment • Preference for • Challenge • Voice • Participation • Expressing • Preferences

  9. Why Engagement is Important

  10. Why Engagement is Important • Engagement makes learning possible.The development of skills is practically impossible without attention, effort, persistence, positive emotion, commitment, and voice. Engagement is a prerequisite for a productive learning experience.

  11. Why Engagement is Important • Engagement makes learning possible. 2. Engagement predicts school functioning.Engagement predicts how well students fare in school, especially their achievement (grades, standardized test scores) and eventual completion of school (vs. dropping out).

  12. Why Engagement is Important • Engagement makes learning possible. 2. Engagement predicts school functioning. 3. Engagement is malleable.Because engagement is malleable, it makes sense to give serious considerations to school-based interventions that aim to enhance students’ engagement. Over the next two weeks, we will discuss these intervention strategies.

  13. Why Engagement is Important • Engagement makes learning possible. 2. Engagement predicts school functioning. 3. Engagement is malleable. 4. Engagement gives teacher’s feedback.Engagement gives teachers the moment-to-moment feedback they need to determine how well their efforts to motivate students are working.High versus low engagement is telltale feedback about students’ underlying motivation during the lesson.

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