Conceptualizing Student Engagement in Virtual Hands-on Lab

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Zeng ◽  
Yuli Deng ◽  
Sharon Hsiao ◽  
Dijiang Huang ◽  
Chun-Jen Chung
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Hands On

scholarly journals Talking Story: Understanding Culture-based Curricula

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Dela Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Phenomenological Study ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Culture Based Education ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
Hawaiian Culture ◽  
Meaningful Experiences

<p>The phenomenological study investigated the perceptions of teachers who implemented a culture-based curriculum at an elementary school on Oahu. Aloha ‘Āina is a culture-based curriculum with instruction and student learning grounded in the values, norms, knowledge, beliefs, practices, experiences, and language that are the foundation of the Hawaiian culture. Eight teachers were interviewed after they used the culture-based curriculum in their classrooms during one semester. Data analysis revealed four categories: teachers’ initial experiences, student engagement, challenges and opportunities, and meaningful experiences. Teachers were challenged by the culture-based education program and teachers’ perceptions of the Aloha ‘Āina curriculum were positive, most agreeing that it helped students to learn and improve student engagement through hands-on learning in and outside of the classroom.</p><p><em>Keywords:</em> Aloha ‘Aina, culture-based curricula, place-based education,</p>

Hands-On Activities to Keep Students With Disabilities Engaged in K-12 Classrooms

2019 ◽  
pp. 185-211
Author(s):  
Pankaj Khazanchi ◽  
Rashmi Khazanchi
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Real World ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Inclusion Classrooms ◽  
Hands On ◽  
K 12

The central aim of this chapter is to identify the best practices in hands-on activities to keep students with disabilities engaged in K-12 classrooms. With diversity being a key component in today's classroom, teachers struggle in devising strategies to keep students with disabilities stay engaged. Improving student's learning by keeping them engaged is vital for our nation's competitiveness. Studies have shown the role of hands-on activities in improving engagement of students with disabilities. This chapter will define student engagement and will highlight some of the causes of student disengagement in classroom, relationship between hands-on activities and student engagement, need of hands-on activities/project-based learning in 21st century classrooms, creative ways to implement hands-on activities, connecting hands-on activities with the real-world situations, creating hands-on activities for students with disabilities in self-contained and inclusion classrooms, and matching students' interest and learning styles when developing hands-on activities.

Hands-On Activities to Keep Students With Disabilities Engaged in K-12 Classrooms

2022 ◽  
pp. 1154-1180
Author(s):  
Pankaj Khazanchi ◽  
Rashmi Khazanchi
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Real World ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Classroom Teachers ◽  
Inclusion Classrooms ◽  
Hands On ◽  
K 12

The central aim of this chapter is to identify the best practices in hands-on activities to keep students with disabilities engaged in K-12 classrooms. With diversity being a key component in today's classroom, teachers struggle in devising strategies to keep students with disabilities stay engaged. Improving student's learning by keeping them engaged is vital for our nation's competitiveness. Studies have shown the role of hands-on activities in improving engagement of students with disabilities. This chapter will define student engagement and will highlight some of the causes of student disengagement in classroom, relationship between hands-on activities and student engagement, need of hands-on activities/project-based learning in 21st century classrooms, creative ways to implement hands-on activities, connecting hands-on activities with the real-world situations, creating hands-on activities for students with disabilities in self-contained and inclusion classrooms, and matching students' interest and learning styles when developing hands-on activities.

Closing the Circuit on Function Concepts

2019 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 366-373
Author(s):  
Arnulfo Pérez ◽  
Bailey Braaten ◽  
Robert MacConnell
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Real World ◽  
Function Concepts ◽  
Hands On

A hands-on, project-based modeling unit illustrates how real-world inquiry deepens student engagement with function concepts.

scholarly journals Remediation Model Used in a Pharmacy Calculations Course

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Dana Brown
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Student Success ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Article Type ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Faculty And Student Engagement

Remediation is a required component of pharmacy programs. In a pharmacy calculations course, two student-centered models of remediation have been utilized. These models were a shift from an intensive, hands-on infrastructure of faculty and student engagement to a more student self-directed process.  The models utilized development of an individualized plan for each student, clearly outlined expectations, faculty availability for consultation, as well as flexibility in remote completion of the assigned activities.  Both models resulted in student success.     Article Type: Note

scholarly journals The Assurance Of Learning Process Components And The Effects Of Engaging Students In The Learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 43-56
Author(s):  
Joseph B. Mosca ◽  
Gilder Agacer ◽  
Linda Flaming ◽  
John Buzza
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Assurance Of Learning

Assurance of learning process plays a major role in higher education and has increased the accountability on the part of instructors at all levels. This paper will discuss the role of assurance processes in teaching and the ways to measure these processes of student learning. The research focus will be to determine if student engagement in problem solving and hands on experiences during the learning assist the learning process?

Executive Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (8) ◽  
pp. 540-540
Author(s):  
Linda Ford
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Professional Society ◽  
Leadership Potential ◽  
Applied Geophysics ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Professional Network ◽  
Hands On ◽  
And Training

SEG's student programs are designed to encourage students to pursue careers in applied geophysics, provide them with hands-on experience using geophysical technologies, develop leadership potential, and expose them to a wide array of career opportunities. Our programs seek to connect students to a professional network beyond their universities and to engage them on regional and global levels, encouraging them to transition into professional members after graduation. Student engagement is a strategic function of a professional society. Our vision for SEG student programs is to provide opportunities that engage students in experiences and training that help make them resilient and ready for a career in the wider world of applied geophysics. Critical funding from the SEG Foundation, totaling more than US$750,000 annually, supports student programs as an investment in SEG's future.

Experiential Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 145-159
Author(s):  
Robert DiYanni ◽  
Anton Borst ◽  
Robert DiYanni ◽  
Anton Borst
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Active Learning ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Educational Experiences ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Additional Element ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Hands On Learning ◽  
Learning Through Experience

This chapter takes a look at experiential learning. The central idea of “experiential learning,” as the term suggests, is the process of learning through experience. The “learning” part requires an additional element: reflection. Thus, a fuller concept of experiential learning includes reflection about the learning experiences in which students participate. The teacher's responsibility is to create worthwhile educational experiences so that students will have something of value on which to reflect. Like active learning, experiential learning involves many different forms of student engagement. Experiential learning is learning by doing. In this kind of hands-on learning, students assume responsibility for their learning, taking control of both the learning experience and their reflection on it.

“STEMming” the Swell of Absenteeism in the Middle Years: Impacts of an Urban District Summer Robotics Program

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Abele Mac Iver ◽  
Douglas J. Mac Iver
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Summer School ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Attendance Rate ◽  
Urban District ◽  
Program Effect ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

This article reports findings from a quasi-experimental study of the impact of a summer robotics program for urban middle-grade students. The study focuses on student engagement, measured by school attendance rate the year following the program. Program students, who were nearly all low-income minority students, were matched to comparison students who did not attend summer school. After establishing baseline equivalence in attendance between the groups, the study found a statistically and educationally significant program effect on school attendance the following year, suggesting that high-interest hands-on educational activities can help maintain student engagement in school.

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