Reflection: Think back to when you were a PK-12 student: by Vita Borjas

Engaged Student Interaction

2025-05-28 15:36:18 UTC

Participating in small group or whole class discussions, raising hand to answer teacher questions or ask clarifying questions, following teacher instructions and classroom etiquette

Emily Milano

2025-05-28 15:37:08 UTC

An engaged student is answering and asking questions and collaborating with other students. They are taking notes and making eye contact with the teacher and looking ahead at the board or wherever the speaker is.

2025-05-28 15:37:26 UTC

When I was a young elementary student, engaged students were encouraged to move, speak, and play with manipulatives. As I grew older, engaged students were expected to be quiet and to express their ideas in writing and projects. I wish students didn't have to "lose their voice" to prove engagement as they get older

2025-05-28 15:39:03 UTC

An engaged student asks and answers questions and collaborates with peers.

Eager to respond to questions. Actively participating. Engaged at all times.

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Engaging in group discussions. Eye contact or looking at person who is speaking during discussion/lectures.

2025-05-28 15:39:57 UTC

Students may show you ways of engagement that look differently than clear signs, such as eye contact and asking questions. Sometimes students will put their head down during a class story or put their hood up while working, and that could mean that they are "in the zone" Responsiveness comes in lots of forms depending on the student's personality.

Stephanie

2025-05-28 15:40:28 UTC

An engaged student is answering and asking questions while working with others in the class. They are also reading through the material if needed, and are engaging with the content. For me, that meant asking questions when I don't understand, answering questions I know, and asking for assistance on problems.

samsusman25 — 2025-05-28 15:40:30 UTC

An engaged student is one that gives positive social cues, such as maintaining eye contact, leaning forward, and making relevant comments in classroom discussions. While a student doesn't always need to talk to be engaged, their posture and body language must demonstrate attentiveness. Yet, if a student is called upon they should be able to answer in an appropriate manner to demonstrate their full engagement.

Engaged Student

2025-05-28 15:40:47 UTC

I feel like there was a big emphasis on students being quiet — raising their hands, sitting in their desks, eyes facing the front.

2025-05-28 15:41:31 UTC

Engaged students are (potentially) looking at the person who is speaking and actively taking notes during class and small group discussions.

2025-05-28 15:41:36 UTC

An engaged student would interact with teachers and classmates as a safe place for them. An engaged student would be so happy to be at school and prepared to learn or interact with teachers and other classmates. It would feel like school/ classroom was a positive outlet for the student.

Engage Student

2025-05-28 15:41:46 UTC

They would discuss with both their peers and their teacher. With the teacher it would be more to understand the content better or answer questions. While with their peers it would be more of a teamwork effort to understand the material and where everyone is coming from

Hennesse Decker

2025-05-28 15:41:54 UTC

An engaged student in my experience, is someone that participates in class willingly and is actively listening and engaging with the course material. This looks like: raising their hand to answer questions, volunteer to help around the classroom, volunteer to answer a question on the board, volunteer to read aloud, etc.

Engaged students...

2025-05-28 15:41:57 UTC

Engaged students are active listeners and are interactive when asked to work with others or speak out during class. These students take ownership when it comes to their learning and collaborate with others when working to strengthen their understanding.

Jordan Jones

2025-05-28 15:42:04 UTC

The way our past engagement looked can contribute to how we perceive and display it in the future. In my high school, being engaged meant listening quietly and having questions at the end of discussions. Someone else background of engagement might have been asking questions while the teacher was discussing and this will show that they are engaging, by asking follow-up questions while it is being discussed.

Listens carefully. Asks questions. Responds. Follow directions. Very enthusiastic. Encourages other.

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Raised hands, inside voice, eye contact, taking notes, only talking with friends when the lesson permits.

My experiences

2025-05-28 15:43:17 UTC

for me I think while I would expect it to reflect what I grew up seeing as engagement. I will also adjust as I see and get to know the kids in my classroom, because everyone is not the same.

Emily Milano

2025-05-28 15:43:24 UTC

An engaged student takes group project work seriously and is a dependable asset in the group. They engage with their peers by asking follow-up questions and collaborating when appropriate. They offer other perspectives or study tips to their peers. When engaging with the teacher they are respectful and actively listen to the teacher. They are taking notes and following instructions.

2025-05-28 15:43:29 UTC

Students are able to communicate with the teacher about their understanding, whether via exit ticket or group discussion or one-on-one check-ins. Classmates are aware of each other's personal and emotional space and work together on group tasks. Disagreements are noted and students come up with solutions to move through them.

Hennesse Decker

2025-05-28 15:43:45 UTC

A student would interact with teachers and classmates by participating in class. They would also help students who weren't as engaged by relaying instructions or just helping in general with the course material.

2025-05-28 15:43:48 UTC

I think things that I have experienced in the past the make me unengaged may be something I try to avoid (Super long lectures without much visual aid, no time for student input). The problem with this is that things that didn't work for me might have worked for someone else.

2025-05-28 15:43:56 UTC

An "engaged student" may look different to some than it does to others, and depending on peoples lived experience, they may express "engagement" and show that differently. Connecting to each student individually and bridging the content to their everyday lives will allow them to make more connections and be more engaged

2025-05-28 15:45:54 UTC

I feel like my answers to the last two questions were not the standard of engagement that I want in my class. I remember having a lot of traditional "teacher in front of the class" lessons in instructional time. This meant that students needed to be quiet, listen, eye contact, sitting still, etc. These standards aren't actually signs of engagement, and it's important to make sure our classrooms are spaces of understanding!

2025-05-28 15:46:35 UTC

While working at an outdoor school, I realized how many ways students can be engaged in their learning that don't look like being quiet and docile.

Hennesse Decker

2025-05-28 15:48:12 UTC

I have personally been an engaged and an unengaged student, which could help me in the classroom create an environment where all students are engaged. I definitely will take into consideration my own experiences when thinking about what engagement in my classroom looks like. I want to make things fun and not just a boring audible lesson but rather hands on.