Skills Series • Set 7

Engaging Students

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Activity 7.1: Instructor Motivation Quiz

The Instructor Motivation Quiz is a quiz that helps you identify your motivation for teaching by asking you a series of questions in which you consider the type of incentive related to your teaching roles and responsibilities that you respond to most.

Estimated Time to Complete: 30 Minutes
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Activity 7.2: Engagement Minute Paper

In this exercise, consider a time when you’ve become fully engaged in an activity and then write a short one-minute response about it as you try to recollect the surrounding circumstances. This may help you gain insights into encouraging such engagement in your classrooms.

Estimated Time to Complete: 15 Minutes (Reflection and Writing)
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Activity 7.3: Bookends, Overlays, and Interleaves Map

A Bookends, Overlays, and Interleaves Map is a graphic organizer for planning an interactive class session involving lectures and active learning activities.

Estimated Time to Complete: 2 Hours
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