Boost Student Engagement and Motivation In Your Classroom
Duration: 56:11
About the Presenter
Stacy Hurst
Stacy Hurst has degrees in Sociology and Elementary Education and reading and has Advanced Reading and ESL Endorsements. As an educator, she has been a first-grade teacher, ELL teacher, literacy coach, and reading specialist during her twenty years. Her extensive experience includes coordinating interventions for struggling readers, implementing blended learning, and training thousands of teachers on effective literacy instruction. Stacy is the Chief Education Officer at Reading Horizons, is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Southern Utah University, and is the co-author of Reading Horizons Discovery®.
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Presentation highlights from, “Boost Student Engagement and Motivation In Your Classroom”
Four critical factors in student motivation (Bandura, 1996; Dweck, 2010; Pintrick, 2003; Ryan & Deci, 2000; Seifert, 2004)
- Competence/Mastery
- Autonomy
- Value/Interest
- 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
To learn how to measure student engagement in the classroom, read this blog: Seven Ways to Increase Student Engagement in the Classroom
For practical tips on boosting student engagement, read this blog: 14 Classroom Activities that Increase Student Engagement