Students need to spend time focused on educationally purposeful activities. They need to get feedback, and they need to respond to that feedback. The four thing students need to do is practice applying and using whith their learning indifferent texts. And if we can promp and encourage and reward students for doing those flack things, i think they can be engaged. I e can cook no more.
Peter Felten discusses the research on engaging learners on episode 216 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Notes from the episode
Shape what our students do and what they think in the most efficient ways possible.
—Peter Felten
Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (from How Learning Works by Ambrose et al., 2010, p. 1)
Five Things Students Need to Do:
- Time
- Effort
- Feedback
- Practice
- Reflect
Three Things Students Need to Think/Feel:
- “I belong here.”
- “I can learn this.”
- “I find this meaningful.”