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Increase Student Success by Engaging Students in Learning. Dr. Marsha Fralick. Overview. Research (brief) Rationale for engagement Practical Exercises (Fun!) What is working on your campus? What new ideas could you implement?.
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Increase Student Success by Engaging Students in Learning Dr. Marsha Fralick
Overview • Research (brief) • Rationale for engagement • Practical Exercises (Fun!) • What is working on your campus? • What new ideas could you implement?
Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) • Based on surveys of 700,000 students in 548 colleges • “Engagement matters for all students, but it matters more for some than for others.” • Academically underprepared • Students of color • First-generation students • Non traditional learners
Rationale for Engagement It helps your students be successful. It’s fun and rewarding too. Learning is optimized when students are actively engaged in learning.
Favorite Quotes Education is lighting a fire, not filling a pail. –Yeats The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery. –Mark Van Doren The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. –William Arthur Ward
We remember: • 10% of what we read • 20% of what we hear • 30% of what we see • 50% of what we both see and hear • 70% of what we have discussed with others • 80% of what we have experienced personally • 95% of what we teach someone else
And now the fun part • How to kill your student with PowerPoint • Just kidding, let the fun begin!