Student Engagement and Learning

Student Engagement and Learning Module 1
Educational Achievement and Formative Assessment

Educational achievement is more important than ever – both for individuals and society. Module one addresses the importance and also the difficulties with raising student achievement levels. The main way to do that is to improve the quality of teachers in our classrooms. We’ll discuss techniques behind professional development and formative assessments.

• Importance of Educational Achievement
• Impact of Teacher Quality
• Importance of Professional Development
• Origins of Formative Assessment
• Assessment: The Bridge Between Teaching and Learning

Student Engagement and Learning Module 2
Learning Intentions and Criteria

Module two addresses how teachers can clarify and share learning intentions and success criteria to their students. Once that piece is in place, you can accurately assess where a student is in their learning. We can discover where their ideas come from and how to engage them through practical techniques, evaluative and interpretive listening, and discussions.

• When to Use Learning Intentions
• The Case for and Against Rubrics
• Evidence of Learning
• Discovering Where Students’ Ideas Come From
• Practical Techniques

Student Engagement and Learning Module 3
Providing Feedback and Activating Learners 

Providing effective feedback to students is harder than it sounds. This module will examine the effectiveness of different types of feedback and how learners react to feedback. We will also discuss cooperative and collaborative learning and practical techniques for incorporating that into your classroom.

• Quality of Feedback
• Feedback as a Recipe for Future Action
• Effective Cooperative Learning
• Instructional Resources
• Ways to Move Learning Forward

Student Engagement and Learning Module 4
Activating Learners as Owners of Their Own Learning

The final module reviews the impact of getting students more involved in their learning. We’ll discuss practical techniques for student self-assessments, self-testing, self-regulated learning, metacognition, and motivation.

• Student Self-Assessment
• Self-Testing
• Self-Regulated Learning
• Metacognition
• Integration of Motivational and Metacognitive Perspectives