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Recovering Student Engagement at Mid-course Time

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Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. I’ve been utilizing mid-semester check-ins for several years now and have noticed that students respond best when I send out informal invitations to reflect on their learning experiences.

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Lessons from an online teacher: Supporting phenomena-based learning

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With most of the states nationwide moving towards a phenomena-based approach to learning in science, it is especially important that I integrate high-quality online resources into instruction–resources students can relate to, apply prior knowledge to, and that prompt questions about their curiosities.

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Recovering Student Engagement at Mid-course Time

Faculty Focus

Below, let me share instructional strategies that I use in my courses (virtual, asynchronous, and in-person) to recover student engagement. I’ve been utilizing mid-semester check-ins for several years now and have noticed that students respond best when I send out informal invitations to reflect on their learning experiences.

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What are the Three Active Strategies?

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Here are three effective strategies: Think-Pair-Share : This strategy encourages active participation and collaboration among students. First, students individually reflect on a question or prompt, then they discuss their thoughts with a partner, and finally, they share their ideas with the class.

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Active Learning Strategies for Students

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It encourages active engagement and reinforces understanding as students articulate and discuss ideas with one another. Think-Pair-Share: Students individually reflect on a question or prompt, then discuss their thoughts with a partner before sharing with the whole class.

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The Online Classroom: Trust, Explore, Engage

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Many of you reading this article are online teachers and I would like to start by asking two questions: Are you a good online teacher? What are you doing that truly engages your students? Let’s explore ways to enhance these existing methods and introduce new approaches that foster deeper engagement and understanding.

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Engaging Students Through Experiential Learning Inside the Classroom

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We can immediately correct misconceptions or misapplication of data rather than waiting until students make the errors in homework or on exams. In-class opportunities are well suited to students who have busy schedules that involve a heavy course load, work, and/or family responsibilities. What could we have done better?

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