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Helping undergraduates to engage in class

Started this discussion. Last reply by Muthanna Nov 9, 2009. 3 Replies

How can we help the undergraduate learner to engage more in class?

 

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Muthanna replied to Paul Donovan's discussion 'Helping undergraduates to engage in class'
Hello. This question is at the heart of teaching and learning process. All of us try to make this happen. From the point of view of psychology, motivation is the pivotal element in engaging students. Motivation can be established through making the…
Nov 9, 2009
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Paul Donovan replied to Paul Donovan's discussion 'Helping undergraduates to engage in class'
Thanks Bob. Peer review is very strong as a means of increasing learing as is the prospect of an immediate test after the programme. I'm looking specifically to see how these things will increase partcipation also in the classroom setting.
Nov 9, 2009
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Bob Zenhausern replied to Paul Donovan's discussion 'Helping undergraduates to engage in class'
Create a mailing list/group for the class and have an assignment due right after class to summarize what they learned in the class and comment on one other students summary. When I did this, it surely opened my eyes to what the students were…
Nov 9, 2009
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Paul Donovan replied to Nikleia Eteokleous's discussion 'Analyzing ordinal scale as interval-ratio'
Γεια σου Your Likert type scale includes colloquiallisms such as "agree a bit" which I haven't seen in the past. If I were to include it in the methodology section (which I think you…
Nov 9, 2009
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Helping undergraduates to engage in class

How can we help the undergraduate learner to engage more in class?
Discussion posted by Paul Donovan Nov 9, 2009

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National University of Ireland Maynooth
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School Director of Teaching and Learning. Senior Lecturer in HRD.

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