Students volunteer to answer questions even when afraid of being wrong, raising hands, and waiting their turns. It's really good when they incorporate others' responses and give them credit.
Great participation is when all students are actively engaged with one another and the content, not just with the teacher. Collaborative learning structures have been the most effective tool I have used in getting all students participate.
LIBRARY: Students are reading books, passing quizzes, writing about literature, and discussing the stories they love! Moreover, they are actively visiting the library on their own time and with their classes to keep up with AR. Excellent participation and passion is evident when students ask for (and provide) book recommendations, request that I order certain books they wish to read, and when they take notes about what they are reading.
When working in groups, every student has a role and no student dominates over the rest. Each student supports each other, and the end product is the result of the work of all group members.
When I feel like I have great student participation, students are all working on problems in their notebooks, talking to one another and either asking questions or helping one another. They are eager to answer questions even when they were not called on.
My class is a little different because everyone is working on a different project at the same time. My favorite versions of participation are watching them actively engaged in building projects, when I can hear exclamations of triumph, and watching them help each other. That seems GREAT to me!
As a whole class, great participation can be seen when VARIOUS students take turns to share their thinking and others raise hands to respond, comment, add on or disagree with what their peers are saying. In groups great participation can be seen when the students are working together, meaning I hear a student fixing a team members' answer, also when one is explaining or planning their course of action, and lastly raising their hands to call me over when they are lost, but their participation is great when they can explain what their team has done and where they got lost.
This is a question we all struggle with from time to time. I see great participation as students engaged in the activity at hand. It might mean reading, sharing out with a partner, taking notes while a student presents, it could be having questions prepared after a presentation, etc.
I love it when I hear a loud class, with conversations that are on topic. That is when my best day looks like. Then you also have my discussion days when students are inferring on the topic. Although sometimes my agenda will not be done there is a lot of knowledge I feel they leave my class with.
Great student participation comes in various forms. It can be all students writing, students helping each other during the warm-up, going up to board to work out problems.
Student engagement in the form of class discussion,supporting one another in their groups, or writing prompts. Class dojo gives an incentive for student to want to participate and earn more points.
Students volunteer to answer questions even when afraid of being wrong, raising hands, and waiting their turns. It's really good when they incorporate others' responses and give them credit.
ReplyDeleteGreat participation is when all students are actively engaged with one another and the content, not just with the teacher. Collaborative learning structures have been the most effective tool I have used in getting all students participate.
ReplyDeleteGREAT student participation would involve students asking and answering thought provoking questions, not just of the teacher, but also of one another.
ReplyDeleteLIBRARY: Students are reading books, passing quizzes, writing about literature, and discussing the stories they love! Moreover, they are actively visiting the library on their own time and with their classes to keep up with AR. Excellent participation and passion is evident when students ask for (and provide) book recommendations, request that I order certain books they wish to read, and when they take notes about what they are reading.
ReplyDeleteStudents participating in Kagan supported group and class activities and discussions.
ReplyDeleteWhen working in groups, every student has a role and no student dominates over the rest. Each student supports each other, and the end product is the result of the work of all group members.
ReplyDeleteGreat student participation can be verbal and nonverbal. Students engaged in the activity, feeling safe in the classroom, and being productive.
ReplyDeleteWhen I feel like I have great student participation, students are all working on problems in their notebooks, talking to one another and either asking questions or helping one another. They are eager to answer questions even when they were not called on.
ReplyDeleteMy class is a little different because everyone is working on a different project at the same time. My favorite versions of participation are watching them actively engaged in building projects, when I can hear exclamations of triumph, and watching them help each other. That seems GREAT to me!
ReplyDeleteAs a whole class, great participation can be seen when VARIOUS students take turns to share their thinking and others raise hands to respond, comment, add on or disagree with what their peers are saying.
ReplyDeleteIn groups great participation can be seen when the students are working together, meaning I hear a student fixing a team members' answer, also when one is explaining or planning their course of action, and lastly raising their hands to call me over when they are lost, but their participation is great when they can explain what their team has done and where they got lost.
This is a question we all struggle with from time to time. I see great participation as students engaged in the activity at hand. It might mean reading, sharing out with a partner, taking notes while a student presents, it could be having questions prepared after a presentation, etc.
ReplyDeleteI love it when I hear a loud class, with conversations that are on topic. That is when my best day looks like. Then you also have my discussion days when students are inferring on the topic. Although sometimes my agenda will not be done there is a lot of knowledge I feel they leave my class with.
ReplyDeleteGreat student participation comes in various forms. It can be all students writing, students helping each other during the warm-up, going up to board to work out problems.
ReplyDeleteStudent engagement in the form of class discussion,supporting one another in their groups, or writing prompts. Class dojo gives an incentive for student to want to participate and earn more points.
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