student engagement: a focused look
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Critical Friends Focused Visit
French Creek Elementary School April 13, 2011
data
Kindergarten
Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 60
5
10
15
20
25
Students with Attention / Focus Concerns
IEP Chapter 15 for ADD or ADHD
IST Process Sensory Processing/ Focus & Attention
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40Identified Needs
33
65
Number of Girls and Boys with Attention / Focus Concerns
Girls
Boys
student engagement
research
constructingknowledge
brain research
Meaning+
Emotion+
Interest=
Learning
focus
multi-modal
meaning
Key Questions1. How does a teacher ensure that all students are actively and
mentally engaged in a lesson?2. How can teachers engage students to purposefully interact with
the content, use multiple learning skills and higher order thinking to construct meaning and knowledge?
3. How can teachers give students time to process and derive meaning from the information taught in a active way.
4. How can teachers engage student interest, meaning and emotion to positively impact learning?
5. How does the design and environment of the classroom impact active learning?
6. How do teachers hold every student accountable for learning?
thoughts & questions?