BEYOND THE LECTURE: SIMPLE TECHNIQUES FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT Jill E. Purdy, Ed.D. Cedar Crest College jepurdy@cedarcrest.edu
Today’s Plan Introductions Active Learning Defined
9:00 am – 9:15 am 9:15 am – 9:45 am
Metacognitive Strategies
9:45 am – 10:45 am
Effective Questions
10:45 am – 11:30 am
Lunch
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Collaborative Techniques
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm
Reflective Learning
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Questions/Wrap-up
1:45 pm– 2:00 pm
The Problem •
Many college freshman read at 7th grade reading level (Stotsky, 2015).
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One in five students have difficulty with course material (NSSE, 2016).
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Persistence is considered a type of motivation (Tinto, 2015).
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Consider K-12 Educational System – Are the students prepared?
Which is more effective for student success?
ACTIVE LEARNING
Defined
 Active learning is generally defined as any instructional method that engages students in the learning process.  In short, active learning requires students to do meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing. (ED340272 Sep 91 Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom. ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, D.C.; George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.)
Phases of the Learning Process Before Set up the content; Set a purpose Build background; Activate prior knowledge Assess what the students already know During Assist students in learning the material Help students organize the information Guide students through the content After Provide an opportunity for students to reflect on their learning Solidify concepts Application, analysis, synthesis of learning Student questions: What do I know? What am I confused about?
ACTIVITY Give One, Get One – provides a reason to read/learn the material, sets up what to accomplish, holds student accountable. (Sample text: http://www.ipedr.com/vol47/007-ICERI2012-S00009.pdf)
Assign reading Student prepares the following List 5 essential concepts from the reading or lesson
Give one, Get one (3-5)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
METACOGNITION
Metacognition
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“Thinking about thinking”
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Scaffolding: “I do, we do, you do”
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Mechanism to assist students in planning, organizing, monitoring, and
evaluating
http://theelearningcoach.com/learning/metacognition-and-learning/ https://ciel.viu.ca/teaching-learning-pedagogy/designing-your-course/how-learningworks/ten-metacognitive-teaching-strategies https://www.durhamtech.edu/tlc/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/The-Top-5-MostUseful-Metacognitive-Strategies.pdf
Metacognitive Strategies Let’s Talk for a Moment
What are the strategies you use when you read/learn something difficult?
Anticipation guides:
http://www.theteachertoolkit.com/index.php/tool/anticipation-guide
Statement
Agree/Disagree
Pg#/resource
Reflect
Activity: Checklist– Rate your knowledge of the following topics, prior to today’s meeting? 3 = I know a lot (mastery); 2 = I know a bit, but need more information; 1 = I heard of it; know nothing about this topic.
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Metacognition Activity Learning Phases of Learning How to use graphic organizers in my classroom Collaboration Techniques
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Concept Mapping - Connections  http://www.inspiration.com/visual-learning/concept-mapping
QUESTIONING
Questioning WHY ASK QUESTIONS?
Teachers ask questions for a variety of purposes, including: To actively involve students in the lesson To increase motivation or interest To evaluate students’ preparation To check on completion of work To develop critical thinking skills To review previous lessons To nurture insights To assess achievement or mastery of goals and objectives To stimulate independent learning/thinking
Questioning Activity Generate some questions for your classroom Organize the questions Literal
Application
Assess the questions
Focus – What do I want the students to know and respond to? Purpose – Why am I asking this? Intent – How do I want students to respond? Frame – Will the students understand the question?
Critical
COLLABORATIVE TECHNIQUES
Collaborative Ideas FISHBOWL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlJKN5TiZ0g&t=6s JIGSAW - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euhtXUgBEts RAFT Writing activity (Individual or Group) ROLE, AUDIENCE, FORMAT, TOPIC
REFLECTIVE ACTIVITIES
Reflective Activities Quick Writes, Sentence Starters, Exit Tickets Web of learning
Role Play 3-2-1 Strategy Anticipation Guide (pre & post) Journaling
Final Activity - Active Learning Strategies  Let’s work on this! Before
During
After
Any Questions?
Let’s wrap it up!
Resources/References (ED340272 Sep 91 Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom. ERIC Digest. ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education, Washington, D.C.; George Washington Univ., Washington, D.C.) https://www.chronicle.com/article/MetacognitionStudent/130327 https://ctl.yale.edu/MetacognitioninClassrooms https://ctl.yale.edu/ActiveLearning https://solutionfluency.com/en/downloadables/5-steps-asking-good-questions
https://www.vereniginghogescholen.nl/system/knowledge_base/attachments/files/000/000/747 /original/085_018_KWALITEIT_STUDIESUCCES_TINTO.pdf?1492072272 http://www.thomasvilleschools.org/Downloads/Before-During-After%20Strategies%20(Toolkit).pdf https://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/workshop3/teaching2.html https://sites.duke.edu/responsibleengagement/files/2015/04/Reflection-Activities-for-AllClassrooms.pdf