Student Engagement by Frank Farino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv Component 3c en-us 2021-11-01 22:34:01 UTC 2025-11-17 19:00:47 UTC hello@padlet.com ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859985561 2021-11-01 22:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859985561 3C ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859987790 The elements of component 3c are:
  • Activities and assignments
  • The activities and assignments are the centerpiece of student engagement, since they determine what it is that students are asked to do. Activities and assignments that promote learning require student thinking that emphasizes depth over breadth and encourage students to explain their thinking.
  • Grouping of students
    How students are grouped for instruction (whole class, small groups, pairs, individuals) is one of the many decisions teachers make every day. There are many options; students of similar background and skill may be clustered together, or the more-advanced students may be spread around into the different groups. Alternatively, a teacher might permit students to select their own groups, or they could be formed randomly.
  • Instructional materials and resources
    The instructional materials a teacher selects to use in the classroom can have an enormous impact on students’ experience. Though some teachers are obliged to use a school’s or district’s officially sanctioned materials, many teachers use these selectively or supplement them with others of their choosing that are better suited to engaging students in deep learning—for example, the use of primary source materials in social studies.
  • Structure and pacing
    No one, whether an adult or a student, likes to be either bored or rushed in completing a task. Keeping things moving, within a well-defined structure, is one of the marks of an experienced teacher. And since much of student learning results from their reflection on what they have done, a well-designed lesson includes time for reflection and closure.
]]> 2021-11-01 22:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859987790 HE ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859989751 Virtually all students are intellectually engaged
in challenging content through well-designed learning tasks and activities that require complex thinking by students. The teacher provides suitable scaffolding and challenges students to explain their thinking. There is evidence of some student initiation of inquiry and student contributions to
the exploration of important content; students may serve as resources for one another. The lesson has a clearly defined structure, and the pacing of the lesson provides students the time needed not only to intellectually engage with and reflect upon their learning but also to consolidate their understanding.
]]> 2021-11-01 22:52:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859989751 Effective ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859990335 The learning tasks and activities are fully aligned with the instructional outcomes and are designed to challenge student thinking, inviting students to make their thinking visible. This technique results in active intellectual engagement by most students with important and challenging content, and with teacher scaffolding to support that engagement. The groupings of students are suitable to the activities. The lesson has a clearly defined structure, and the pacing of the lesson is appropriate, providing most students the time needed to be intellectually engaged.]]> 2021-11-01 22:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859990335 Developing ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859990779 The learning tasks and activities are partially aligned with the instructional outcomes but require only minimal thinking by students and little opportunity for them to explain
their thinking, allowing most students to be passive or merely compliant. The groupings of students are moderately suitable to the activities. The lesson has a recognizable structure; however, the pacing of the lesson may not provide students the time needed
to be intellectually engaged or may be so slow that many students have a considerable amount of “downtime.”
]]> 2021-11-01 22:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859990779 Ineffective ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859991313 The learning tasks/activities, materials, and resources
are poorly aligned with the instructional outcomes, or require only rote responses, with only one approach possible. The groupings of students are unsuitable to the activities. The lesson has no clearly defined structure, or the pace of the lesson is too slow or rushed.]]> 2021-11-01 22:53:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859991313 ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859996588 Five students (out of 27) have finished an assignment early and begin talking among themselves; the teacher assigns a followup activity.]]> 2021-11-01 22:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859996588 ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859996857 Students in only three of the five small groups are figuring out an answer to the assigned problem; the others seem to be unsure how they should proceed.]]> 2021-11-01 22:59:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859996857 ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997117
  • Most students disregard the assignment given by the teacher; it appears to be much too difficult for them.

    • ]]>     2021-11-01 22:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997117     ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997358 Students are asked to fill in a worksheet, following an established procedure.]]> 2021-11-01 22:59:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997358 ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997609 Students are asked to formulate a hypothesis about what might happen if the American voting system allowed for the direct election of presidents and to explain their reasoning.]]> 2021-11-01 23:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997609 ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997890
  • Students determine which of several tools— e.g., a protractor, spreadsheet, or graphic calculator —would be most suitable to solve a math problem.

    • ]]>     2021-11-01 23:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859997890     ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859998459 Students are using math manipulative materials in a rote activity.

    ]]>     2021-11-01 23:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859998459     ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859998895 A student asks whether they might remain in their smal groups to complete another section of the activity, rather than work independently.

    ]]>     2021-11-01 23:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859998895     ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859999603 The teacher lectures for 20 minutes and provides 15 minutes for the students to write an essay; not all students are able to complete it.]]> 2021-11-01 23:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859999603 ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859999945 Students are using math manipulative materials in a rote activity.

    ]]>     2021-11-01 23:02:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1859999945     ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1860000826 Most students don’t have time to complete the assignment; the teacher moves on in the lesson.

    ]]>     2021-11-01 23:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1860000826     ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1860001345 Students are given a task to do independently, then to discuss with a table groupd, follwed by a reporting from each table.]]> 2021-11-01 23:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1860001345 Room 2 lpendletonwilli https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861434879 We felt number 1 was Ineffective because the grouping was not aligned.


    Students in only three of the five small groups are figuring out an answer to the assigned problem; the others seem to be unsure how they should proceed.

    ]]>     2021-11-02 12:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861434879     Room 2 lpendletonwilli https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861446233 We felt 2 was high effective. Student are thinking high critically thinking. 

    Students are asked to formulate a hypothesis about what might happen if the American voting system allowed for the direct election of presidents and to explain their reasoning.]]>     2021-11-02 12:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861446233     Room 2 lpendletonwilli https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861449529 We felt that number 3 was Developing. The activity didn't require much thinking.

    Students are using math manipulative materials in a rote activity.]]>     2021-11-02 12:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861449529     ffarino https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861453279 2021-11-02 12:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ffarino/6uk97d7s7t0dqqhv/wish/1861453279