Engagement and Motivation by

Positive Reinforcements

degrootkatelyn05 — 2025-03-10 05:31:40 UTC

Having positive reinforcements in the classroom including having positive talks and ways to encourage them to continue on. Being able to have those encouragers on your side will help students feel more comfortable in the classroom. Positive reinforcements work well with Kindergarten through second graders because they help behaviors and they help the way that things are used throughout the classroom. In an article by Craig (2019) it says that positive reinforcements that are a contengiency between a specific behavior and a desirable consequence (p. 4). The engagement and motivation in the classroom will improve because the encouragements will allow the students to work better together and wanting to work more at things to be more encouraged more.

Using Scaffolds

degrootkatelyn05 — 2025-03-10 05:58:56 UTC

Using Scaffolds in the classroom to help your ELL students include using sentence starters or graphic organizers to help them learn. Sentence starters are the ways that will help students who have trouble learning english will truly help them be able to come around and learn English and will allow them to learn to start sentences. Having tools like these and introduce them to your students it helps them and makes them feel more included within the classroom. Being able to engage them in things like this and help them be more involved in the classroom and can keep them motivated and making sure you can help them with everything and make them feel involved in the making.

Strategies to teach students with disabilities

degrootkatelyn05 — 2025-03-10 06:10:18 UTC

One strategy that can help all students in all grades K-8th because students with disabilities need aall the help and attention that they can get. This one would be to eliminate distractions from their work areas and will help them cut it back and will help them stay-on-task through it all. In an article by Malone (2025) and states that having visual timers will help students stay on task and self regulate their learning process (p. 11). This helps students with disabilities like ADHD because it keeps them focus on everything they are learning.

Online Projects

degrootkatelyn05 — 2025-03-10 06:21:33 UTC

Having online projects especially with the older grades like (6-8th) and having them work with otehrs around them. The best ways to get your students involved while being on digital classroom is to have them do online projects working with other students. Being able to have them work together will grow their motivation to keep going back online and wanting to keep doing projects with classmates. In an article by Lieberman (2018) it states that group work has long been a source of friction between students and instructors (p. 1). These will allow the students working together and keep them motivated through everything.

degrootkatelyn05 — 2025-03-10 06:33:48 UTC

Welcoming the students to the online class is also a great way to keep students engaged. Including videos in the process will allow students to know where they are and how much they will want to keep going to class and want to keep coming to the class and stay engaged through everything. On the website Benefits of APT there are a bunch of different videos that you can watch to help the students go through it all (^{https://www.academically-productive-talk.org/benefits/fostering-engagement?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAlbW-BhCMARIsADnwasoSr6BTM3SQhXzUT0wHeHvNANdg0XeoN_KRNhvAGeomfneOUCFuJJYaAtw8EALw_wc})

Technology Uses

degrootkatelyn05 — 2025-03-10 06:42:35 UTC

Using technology within the classroom will allow them to be more focused and will be able to work more on their own and be able to go through and help them with it all. In an article by Chen (2010) it says that the students taking the test with a paper and pencil tend to get distracted and end up quitting but when taken on a computer they seem to have a better chance of finishing the exam (p. 5). The students enjoy taking the exam on the computer and had a higer rate passing on the computer rather than paper and pencil. (https://www.edutopia.org/blog/motivating-students-technology)

Online Games

degrootkatelyn05 — 2025-03-10 06:47:39 UTC

Some other things that can make students more engaged is using a game like Kahoot or even having flashcards on a quizlet that will help students through it all. Having these resources can help students be engaged in the class and can help them all. (https://www.edutopia.org/article/using-technology-support-student-engagement/)