March 14, 2014
Boost Student Engagement and Motivation In Your Classroom
Duration: 56:11
About the Presenter
Stacy Hurst
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Presentation highlights from, "Boost Student Engagement and Motivation In Your Classroom"
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Four critical factors in student motivation (Bandura, 1996; Dweck, 2010; Pintrick, 2003; Ryan & Deci, 2000; Seifert, 2004)
1. Competence/Mastery
2. Autonomy
3. Value/Interest
4. Relatedness
Competence and Mastery
· Students feel capable of accomplishing what is required of them
· Teacher knows content and delivery instruction effectively
· Specific learning goals are clearly communicated
· Students have adequate time for practice and application
· Students receive effective feedback
Autonomy and control
· Choices
· Time to explore content
· Students set learning goals
· Variety of materials and resources for learning
Value and Interest
· Model interest and enthusiasm
· Get to know what your students are interested in
· Make connections between learning and real-life
· Facilitate intrinsic motivation
Relatedness
· The need to feel a part of a group
· Appropriate interactions with others
· Learning is social
What is student engagement?
“Student willingness, need, desire, and compulsion, to participate in, and be successful in the learning process.” (Bomia, Beluzo, Demeester, Elander, Johnson & Sheldon, 1997)
What are the benefits of student engagement?
· Increase motivation
· Greater attention and focus
· Retention of learning
· Enhanced ability to transfer learning to multiple contexts
Improve student engagement in the classroom:
· Aim to engage students 90-100% of the time
· Less than 50% engagement is an ineffective use of instructional time
· Wasting just five minutes a day adds up to 15 hours of lost instructional time in a 180-day school year