Transcript Authentic Engagement

Levels of Engagement
adapted from work by Phil Schlechty
Ritual
ComplianceLow attention
and low
commitment.
Retreatism—
No attention
and no
commitment.
Ex.
Memorization
without
application
Remembering
Ex. Write the
spelling words
five times each
and use the
words in a
sentence.
Understanding
Applying
Strategic
ComplianceHigh attention
and low
commitment.
Ex. A read aloud
that is devoid of
questions or
purpose.
Students may
have high
interest but low
commitment
due to a lack of
purpose.
Analyzing
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Authentic
EngagementHigh Attention
and high
commitment.
Ex. Literature
cirlces promote
ownership of
learning because
students assume
roles such as,
discussion
director,
questioner,
vocabulary
enricher.
Evaluating
Creating
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Authentic Engagment
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UN Project– students research
assigned country to find a problem
& propose solutions. Students
then role play a delegates meeting
to make informed decisions
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Students conduct an experiment to
test their own hypothesis & draw
conclusions based on the data.
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Students construct a compost bin
in science class to breed worms for
school’s annual fishing field trip.
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Students creating and maintaining
a school or class web-site.
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Students learn job skills through a
shadowing program that supports
their ILP/IGP
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Students design advertising for
local businesses using propaganda
to be published in the local paper.
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High Attention– High Commitment
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Students explore the trigonometry
that relates to a sample of
architecture of their choice.
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Students develop and implement a
research-based plan to increase
voter turn-out
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Strategic Compliance
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Read Aloud devoid of questions or
purpose.
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Students are working in groups of 3
to use song, dance, and
pantomime to illustrate a portion
of the text.
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High Attention and Low
Commitment
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Students work in pairs to use the
concept of proportionality to
measure the height of objects on
campus.
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Students respond to teacher
questions with CPS remote system.
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Students present/defend their
solutions/answers to selected
released AP items.
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Students are working in groups to
translate different scenes from
Macbeth into contemporary
english.
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Ritual Compliance
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Students define vocabulary words
using an online dictionary.
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Students taking notes as they
watch a video on the BP Gulf Oil
Crisis.
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Students are working at their desks
to color in blank maps of Europe.
They are using markers, colored
pencils, and their textbook.
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Low Attention & Low Commitment
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Students define and illustrate key
terms from the current unit of
instruction.
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Students work in small groups to
complete a list of algebra
problems.
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Retreatism
(do not use)
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Students watch & listen as the
teacher works examples on board.
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No Attention and No Committment
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Students memorizing a list of
important historical dates.
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Students listen as other students
recite a sonnet.
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Memorization without application.
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