Student engagement

Student engagement is my number one goal in the classroom. None of the academic goals can be achieved without student engagement. It is essential! My biggest advice to you is to decrease teacher talk and the time students spend in their desks.I want to share some more specific ways that I keep my students engaged

Are you struggling to find effective student engagement strategies for the classroom that are easy to implement and actually work? This is the list for you!

These simple four ways to increase classroom student engagement and motivation are the key to running an effective classroom.

Wondering how to engage students in meaningful learning? This ultimate list of active learning strategies is a great reference to use while lesson planning.

Love podcasts? Check out this post in the form of a podcast episode on The Classroom Commute Podcast :

How do you keep students engaged during direct instruction? Here are 11 no/low-prep ideas for making lecture fun!

Edutopia blogger Nick Provenzano shares four successful strategies, both teacher- and student-directed, for stimulating a classroom and getting students' heads back in the game.

Blogger Maurice Elias shares some simple tips for implementing SEL in elementary, middle and high school classes -- including a short quiet time at the beginning and end of the day, using transition circles, and reflective writing and discussion ideas.

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It is generally agreed that student engagement is important, but actually answering ‘what is student engagement?’ can be difficult. After all, many would argue that there is a difference between a student being emotionally engaged and cognitively engaged. Of course, if we accept this as being true, it throws up further questions, like ‘how many types of engagement are there?’ and ‘which of these different dimensions of engagement need to be met before we agree that a student is fully…