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Study: 1,500 classrooms visited, 85% of them had engaged
less than 50% of the students. In other words, only 15% of
the classrooms had more than half of the class at least paying
attention to the lesson.
Benjamin Franklin
The solution is simple:
If a teacher wants to increase student
engagement, then the teacher needs to increase
student activity -- ask the students to do
something with the knowledge and skills they
have learned. Break up the lecture with learning
activities. Let them practice. Get them moving.
Get them talking. Make it so engaging that it will
be difficult for students not to participate.
How to promote critical thinking?
Exam Select a type of test that you are likely Try to distinguish student comments
Evaluations to give more than once or that has a that address the fairness of your
significant impact on student grading from those that address the
performance. Create a few questions fairness of the test as an assessment
that evaluate the quality of the test. instrument. Respond to the general
Add these questions to the exam or ideas represented by student
administer a separate, follow-up comments.
evaluation.
Application After teaching about an important Quickly read once through the
cards theory, principle, or procedure, ask applications and categorize them
students to write down at least one according to their quality. Pick out a
real-world application for what they broad range of examples and present
have just learned to determine how them to the class.
well they can transfer their learning.
Student- Allow students to write test questions Make a rough tally of the questions
generated test and model answers for specified your students propose and the topics
questions topics, in a format consistent with that they cover. Evaluate the
course exams. This will give students questions and use the goods ones as
the opportunity to evaluate the prompts for discussion. You may also
course topics, reflect on what they want to revise the questions and use
understand, and what are good test them on the upcoming exam.
items.
Cooperative Learning Strategies
Collaborative Learning
Putting students in group learning
situations is the best way to foster
critical thinking.
"In properly structured cooperative
learning environments, students
perform more of the active, critical
thinking with continuous support and
feedback from other students and
the teacher"
Case Study /Discussion Method
Educators advocate
producing much ambiguity
in the classroom. Don't
give students clear cut
material. Give them
conflicting information
that they must think their
way through.
Ways to Foster Creativity in the Classroom