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Achieve high engagement by building competence, autonomy, and content relevance in students, resulting in positive academic self-concept and self-efficacy. Readers will gain research-based instructional strategies for connecting with disengaged students and building positive student-teacher relationships
Benefits
- Study the engagement gap’s impacts and how to create a lasting culture that bridges that gap, developing a growth mindset in learners.
- Encounter real-world anecdotes about different students, and see the research-based learning strategies in action.
- Become familiar with student needs and the effect their fulfillment has on student engagement and achievement.
- Discover dozens of research-backed teaching strategies that help fulfill students’ various cognitive and affective needs, giving them increased autonomy and self-efficacy in the classroom.
- Self-assess how well engagement is cultivated in four domains, and compare those results with student engagement inventory data.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: The Self-Efficacy Cycle
Chapter 2: Competence
Chapter 3: Autonomy
Chapter 4: Relatedness
Chapter 5: Relevance
Chapter 6: Culture Change
Epilogue: Going Forward
Appendix: Engagement Inventories
STUDY GUIDE
PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES
Chapter 2
- Table 2.1: Person Versus Process Praise
- Table 2.2: Fixed Mindset Versus Growth Mindset Conversations for Parents
- Teacher Self-Assessment Rubric—Competence
Chapter 3
- Figure 3.2: A Basic Rubric Layout
- Figure 3.3: Am I in Command of My Learning?
- Figure 3.4: I’m in Command of My Learning When . . .
- Figure 3.5: Study Management
- Teacher Self-Assessment Rubric—Autonomy
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
- Figure 5.2: Interest Survey—Elementary
- Figure 5.3: Interest Survey—Secondary
- Figure 5.4: Career Interest Survey—Elementary
- Figure 5.5: Career Interest Survey—Secondary
- Teacher Self-Assessment Rubric—Relevance
Chapter 6
Appendix
- Figure A.2: Scoring for the Student Engagement Needs Inventory
- Student Engagement Needs Inventory—Grades K–3
- Student Engagement Needs Inventory—Grades 4–12
- Engagement Inventory Rubric
SUGGESTED RESOURCES
BOOKS
- Bailey, K., & Jakicic, C. (2012). Common Formative Assessments: A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tress Press.
- DuFour, R., DuFour, R., Eaker, R., Many, T. W., & Mattos, M. (2016). Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (3rd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Fisher, D., & Frey, N. (2015). Unstoppable Learning: Seven Essential Elements to Unleash Student Potential. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Jensen, E. (2019). Poor Students, Rich Teaching: Seven High-Impact Mindsets for Students From Poverty (Rev. ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- McNeece, A. (2019). Launching and Consolidating Unstoppable Learning. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Muhammad, A. (2015). Overcoming the Achievement Gap Trap: Liberating Mindsets to Effect Change. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Muhammad, A. (2018). Transforming School Culture: How to Overcome Staff Division (2nd ed.). Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Muhammad, A., & Hollie, S. (2012). The Will to Lead, the Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
- Porosoff, L., & Weinstein, J. (2020). Two-for-One Teaching: Connecting Instruction to Student Values. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
WEBSITES
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
- National School Reform Faculty, Constructivist Learning Groups
- National School Reform Faculty, Ping Pong Protocol
Chapter 4
- Project Implicit
- Social Justice Books, “Early Childhood Anti-Bias Education Booklists”
- Social Justice Books, “Guide for Selecting Anti-Bias Children’s Books”
Chapter 5
Additional Resources
Choosing Elementary-Level Books for Beginning Discussions About Bias With Students
Elementary Lists
- Peace Education Project, “Anti-Bias Education”
- Social Justice Books, “Early Childhood Anti-Bias Education Booklists”
Elementary, Middle, and High School List
Career Connections
- Mathematics
- Science
- English Language Arts
- Business Insider, “27 High-Paying Jobs for People Who Love to Read”
- Study.com, “Jobs That Involve Language Arts”
- Social Studies
- CollegeXpress, “Social Sciences and Humanities Majors and Potential Jobs”
- Study.com, “Jobs That Involve Social Studies”
- Physical Education
- Performing Arts
- World Languages
- Career and Technical Education
