The Best of What Tim Found This Afternoon #edtech 12/09/2014

• Golden Rules for Engaging Students in Learning Activities | Edutopia

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  • it is essential that students perceive activities as being meaningful.
  • when and how it is used in real life
  • only slightly beyond students' current levels of proficiency
  • Regularly demonstrate students’ understanding throughout the activity
  • peer modelling
  • eedback that helps students make progress.
  • Collaborative
  • When students work effectively with others, their engagement is consequently amplified
  • Positive Teacher-Student Relationships
  • enthusiasm
  • When students pursue an activity because they want to learn and understand (i.e. mastery orientations), rather than simply to obtain a good grade, look smart, please parents, or outperform peers (i.e. performance orientations), their engagement is more likely to be full

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