This document discusses strategies for engaging all learners in education. It defines engagement as having high attention and commitment to a task or activity that has inherent meaning or value to the student. Frameworks discussed for engagement include Universal Design for Learning and differentiation. Teaching approaches promoted for diverse learners are differentiation, literature circles, open-ended teaching, inquiry learning, and multiple intelligences. Assessment for learning is emphasized using formative feedback to guide instruction. Examples provided are of poetry circles and personal inquiry to promote student engagement.
2. Engagement
• Schlechty:
high
aDenEon
and
commitment
–
task
or
acEvity
has
inherent
meaning
or
value
to
the
student
• Stuart
Shanker
–
self-‐regulaEon;
calmly
focused
and
alert
• Brownlie
and
Schnellert
–
voice
and
choice
3. Highly Engaged
Source:
Schlechty
Center
for
Leadership
in
School
Reform.
(2006).
Accessed
online
at
h"p://www.stlucie.k12.fl.us/includes/PDWeb/Files/Engagement.ppt
Accessed
December
2,
2007.
4. Product
Focus
Clear
Goals
&
Criteria
No
Fault
Prac3ce
Organiza3on
of
Knowledge
Novelty
&
Variety
Relevant
Content
Design
of
Engaging
Work
Authen3city
Choice
Affilia3on/Affirma3on
Product
Focus
Clear
Goals
&
Criteria
No
Fault
Prac3ce
Organiza3on
of
Knowledge
Novelty
&
Variety
Relevant
Content
Authen3city
Choice
Affilia3on/Affirma3on
5. Stuart Shanker:
stages of arousal
InhibiEon
asleep
drowsy
hypoalert
calmly
focused
and
alert
***
hyperalert
flooded
AcEvaEon
7. Universal Design for Learning
MulEple
means:
-‐to
tap
into
background
knowledge,
to
acEvate
prior
knowledge,
to
increase
engagement
and
moEvaEon
-‐to
acquire
the
informaEon
and
knowledge
to
process
new
ideas
and
informaEon
-‐to
express
what
they
know.
Rose
&
Meyer,
2002
8. Teaching
approaches
for
engaging
diverse
learners
Differentiation
Literature and
information
circles
Open-ended
teaching
Inquiry learning
Multiple
intelligences
Workshop
9. Backwards Design
• What
important
ideas
and
enduring
understandings
do
you
want
the
students
to
know?
• What
thinking
strategies
will
students
need
to
demonstrate
these
understandings?
McTighe
&
Wiggins,
2001
14. Assessment for Learning
Purpose
Guide
learning,
inform
instrucEon
Audience
Teachers
and
students
Timing
On-‐going,
minute
by
minute,
day
by
day
Form
DescripEve
Feedback
¶what’s
working?
•what’s
not?
•what’s
next?
Black
&
Wiliam,
1998
Hahe
&
Timperley,
2007
18. As
I
traveled
from
the
city
toward
the
country
old
age
fell
off
my
shoulders.
19. As
I
traveled
from
the
city
toward
the
country
old
age
fell
off
my
shoulders.
Salah
Fa’iq
translated
by
Byrne
&
Jayyusi
the
flag
of
childhood
poems
from
the
middle
east
20. Poetry
Circles
• Choose
an
essenEal
quesEon
to
guide
your
poetry
readings.
• Model
a
strategy
for
reading
a
poem
with
a
shared
text.
3
reads:
1
to
ques3on,
1
to
sketch,
1
how
does
seKng
impact
what
happens.
• Ask
for
student
and/or
adult
volunteers
to
read
and
discuss
a
poem
in
a
fishbowl.
• Observers
noEce
‘what
makes
this
discussion
work’.
• Create
criteria
for
an
effecEve
poetry
circle
discussion
• Distribute
copies
of
various
poems
for
students
to
read.
21. • Using
a
similar
strategy
(read
and
quesEon,
read
and
sketch,
read
and
highlight
powerful
language),
students
independently
read
their
chosen
poem.
• Form
poetry
circles
of
students
reading
the
same
poem.
• Students
discuss
their
poems,
keeping
the
criteria
for
an
effecEve
poetry
circle
discussion
in
mind.
• Students
self-‐assess
with
the
criteria.
• Students
write
in
response
to
their
poem
and
the
essenEal
quesEon.
Sample
poems
from
Nancie
Atwell’s
Naming
the
World
22. • ConnecEons
• EmoEons
• image
• Opinions
• Response
style
• RelaEng
self
to
poem
• Showing
how
the
poem
changes
your
thinking
• Explaining
why
you
feel
the
way
you
do
about
the
poem
and
how
you
think
the
author
feels
about
his/her
subject
• CommenEng
on
the
image
formed
in
your
mind
upon
reading
the
poem
• Expressing
likes
and
dislikes
about
poem,
with
evidence
• Asking
quesEons
of
the
poem
or
the
poet
• Using
descripEve
words
• Using
quotes
from
the
poem
• SuggesEng
improvements
to
the
poem,
if
needed
23. Personal
inquiry
within
an
inquiry
unit
• Provide
students
with
mini
booklets
to
use
to
record
any
quesEons
that
they
have
during
a
unit.
• This
helps
to
build
students’
own
inquiry
quesEons
and
sets
the
stage
for
more
generaEng
their
own
thinking
later
in
the
unit.
•
Once
a
week
or
so
the
class
engages
in
a
discussion
about
what
they
were
wondering,
what
they
have
learned
so
far
about
these
quesEons
and
what
new
quesEons
are
emerging.
See
Student
Diversity
(2006);
It’s
All
About
Thinking
in
Science
and
Math
(2010)
24. Science
6/7
Unit
Overview
Diversity
of
Life
Big
Ideas
1. Living
things
have
similariEes
and
differences;
2. Classifying
things
helps
us
understand
the
diversity
of
life;
3. We
are
part
of
ecosystems
Thinking
Strategies
Main
Ideas
&
Details
,
Accessing
Prior
Knowledge,
Synthesizing,
Persuading,
QuesEoning
Figure
10.4.
Diversity
of
Life
Unit
Overview
25. What I Wonder
Where I Can Find the
Information
What I’ve Learned
and/or New Questions
that I Have
Figure
10.8.
Wonderbook
Format
26. Not Quite Yet (2) Good Start (3) You did it! (4) Wow! (5)
Information
*relevant
*accurate
*key/important
- Rarely uses
microscopes
and equipment
Accurately
- Shares very
few and/or
inaccurate
observations
and/or
questions in
discussions or
writing
- Records some
data; may
be inaccurate
or missing key
information
- Sometimes
uses
microscopes
and equipment
accurately
- Notices
observations
but may be
vague or lack
key details;
asks yes/no
questions
- Data is
generally
accurate;
diagrams
include labels
and some
details
- Uses
microscope and
equipment with
accuracy
- Makes
descriptive and
accurate
observations
(spoken/and
written) and
asks relevant
questions
- Records data
accurately;
diagrams
include
relevant labels
and details
- Uses-
microscopes
and equipment
with precision
- Makes
descriptive and
insightful
observations
(i.e.. notes
relationships)
and asks
relevant
questions that
show an
understanding
of key ideas
- Records data
accurately;
diagrams
include
relevant labels
and key details
Thinking Process
*logical inferences
*explanation
*understands concept
*clear
- Does not
attempt to
formulate a
“law”
- Proposes a
“law” that is
not yet fully
developed
- Formulates a
“law” that is
clear and
logical
- Formulates a
“law” that is
clear and
logical; uses
evidence to
justify it
Figure
10.10.
Class
example:
Student-‐Generated
Criteria
27. Figure
10.11.
Student
mindmap
of
the
ways
things
can
be
organized
in
the
world.
28. Figure
10.15.
Class
opionions
Opinion
Line
Governments
should
pass
laws
protec3ng
living
things.
What
they
said:
Rebecca:
(SA)
“Living
things
have
a
right
to
be
free.”
Caterina:
(SA)
“We
shouldn’t
kill
animals
which
might
kill
a
species.”
Angela:
(UD)
“If
you
don’t
cut
down
trees
we
won’t
have
furnitures.”
Tony:
(UD)
ESL
2
“Some
countries,
they
kill
a
lot
but
sEll
have
a
lot
and
sEll
have
to
protect.”
Karina:
(SA)
“If
we
chop
down
trees
to
make
houses
and
furniture
it
is
affecEng
us
because
trees
produce
oxygen
and
we
can’t
live
without
oxygen.
Alan:
(SA)
“We
need
to
protect
all
animals,
it’s
like
killing
all
of
us.”
Betsy:
(SA)
“We
shouldn’t
have
zoos
because
animals
need
freedom
too.”
Brian:
(SA)
“Gov’t.
should
protect
living
things
because
living
things
are
already
decreasing
&
if
they
keep
decreasing
there
won’t
be
anymore.”
Angelica:
(A)
“If
we
lose
part
of
living
things,
you
lose
food,
so
laws
should
be
limited.”
Arian:
(SWA/UD)
“.
.
.
we
cut
down
so
many
trees
we
should
only
cut
50%
of
what
we
usually
do.”
Kushan:
(SA)
“If
we
kill
trees
then
animals
don’t
have
a
habitat
&
they
will
be
homeless.”
Tiffany:
(SA)
“.
.
.
because
animals
are
gehng
lesser
and
lesser.”
Joshua:
(SWA/UD)
“Like
the
bald
eagles
are
almost
exEnct
&
the
more
the
trees
get
cut
down
our
community
won’t
be
the
same.”
Wednesday,
March
12,
2008
29. Figure
10.16.
QualiEes
of
Persuasive
WriEng
What
Does
a
Good
Piece
of
Wri3ng
Look
Like?
Look
like?
Feel
like?
Sound
like?
• Text
features
• Visuals
(photos,
graphics…)
• An
opening
statement
to
capture
the
reader’s
aDenEon
• A
hook
to
keep
the
reader’s
aDenEon
• An
opening
quote
• Asks
quesEons
and
they
are
answered
• Research
has
been
done
• Facts/data
• Previous
knowledge
• WriDen
in
own
words
• Incorporated
text
features
• Ending
statement/
concluding
the
topic
• Gives
examples
• Sentence
variety
• Convincing
• Honest
• Personal
thoughts/
experiences
• ExciEng
wriEng
• QuesEons
that
make
you
think
• Entertaining
but
stays
on
topic
• Team
work
• WriDen
in
3rd
person
• Uses
specific
words
• Stays
on
topic
• Convincing
• Research
has
been
done
• WriDen
in
own
words
• True
facts
• Catchy
words
• Accurate
informaEon
• Persuasive
• SophisEcated
and
detailed
• Honest
• QuesEons
were
answered
• Peoples’
opinions
based
on
research/
facts
• ConnecEng
words
(for
example,
addiEonally,
as
you
can
see,
however…)
Student
Generated
Responses
2008
31. Goals
Plan
Rationale
Next Steps
Goals: What will we develop/
explore/change/ refine to better
engage our learners?
Rationale: Why are we
choosing this focus?
Plan: How will we do this?
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