1. KEEPING STUDENTS ENGAGED
IN THE CLASSROOM

2. K E E P I N G S T U D E N T S E N GAG E D
IN THE CL ASSROOM
INTRODUCTION
One of the major problems that educators encounter is finding
methods to keep students engaged in learning. Of course, many
studies have shown that students who are involved in their own
education have had a supportive family environment.
Since your job requires you to teach all types of children,
whether motivated or not, therefore, you need to come up with
strategies that will foster each student’s natural learning
tendencies.
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3. K E E P I N G S T U D E N T S E N GAG E D
IN THE CL ASSROOM
INTRODUCTION
Traditionally teachers have adopted systems of rewards and
punishment to encourage children to behave and pay attention to
their lessons. However, studies have shown that this system of
punishments and rewards may actually make it harder for
children to learn.
With the suggestions given in this guide, you will hopefully
begin to manage your classroom in a way that will encourage
students to participate in their own education.
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4. K E E P I N G S T U D E N T S E N GAG E D
IN THE CL ASSROOM
INTRODUCTION
The goals of this guide are to:
Define an encouraging learning environment for students
Explain the problem with using reward and punishment system
Suggest different approaches to traditional systems
Encourage innovation to engage students in the classroom
Develop strategies to use when students get lost in a lesson
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5. K E E P I N G S T U D E N T S E N GAG E D
IN THE CL ASSROOM
ENVIRONMENTS THAT FOSTER LEARNING
In order to find out what kind of environments foster learning in
your students, it is important to find out a little about their
learning tendencies.
Find out more in this guide to specifically tailor the classroom
environment to foster learning.
“When the [that] environment encourages exploration and curiosity and provides the resources that can
enlarge the child’s view of the world, the child’s natural motivation to learn is encouraged.” – Heather Voke
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6. K E E P I N G S T U D E N T S E N GAG E D
IN THE CL ASSROOM
WHY TRADITIONAL REWARD AND PUNISHMENT
METHOD DOESN’T WORK?
For a long time, there was a notion in education that the best way
to get students engaged in education is to reward the students
who were paying attention and punish those who were disrupting
the class.
However, with all those good and bad motivators in place,
students’ motivation and engagement still remains low.
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7. K E E P I N G S T U D E N T S E N GAG E D
IN THE CL ASSROOM
WHY TRADITIONAL REWARD AND PUNISHMENT
METHOD DOESN’T WORK?
In order to discover why positive and negative reinforcers don’t
work, we need to look at what educators are attempting to do
when they give rewards and punishments to students, and what
they are actually doing.
Find out how teachers may be reinforcing the correct behavior
but damaging the child’s natural inclination to explore.
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8. K E E P I N G S T U D E N T S E N GAG E D
IN THE CL ASSROOM
REWARDING STUDENTS MOTIVATED TO LEARN
It is important for teachers to recognize and reward students
who are motivated to learn. However, the rewards that students
need are generally different from what teachers have been
providing traditionally.
Learn different, innovative and highly effective rewarding
techniques to encourage your students.
Children need smaller, more immediate
encouragement to remain engaged in a
project or lesson
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9. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DR. PATRICIA FIORIELLO IS AN EDUCATOR FROM SAN FRANCISCO,
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