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Engaging Teaching Tools

Measuring and Improving Student Engagement

Energize your students through active learning!
Engagement is critical to positive classroom climate and individual student achievement. Yet it can be elusive. This teacher-friendly flip book provides strategies to maximize student involvement and confidence in the learning process. In this easy-to-use companion to Energizing Brain Breaks, you’ll find:

  • More than sixty practical, easy-to-implement, teaching ideas.
  • Strategies improve questioning techniques, adjust attitudes, and involve parents.
  • The Engagement Wheel, a downloadable self-evaluation tool to measure student participation and guide lesson planning.
  • Access to a free PowerPoint or SmartBoard version.


This teacher-friendly and easy-to-use flip book provides strategies to maximize student involvement and confidence in the learning process.


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Engaging Teaching Tools - Book Cover Look Inside
Product Details
  • Grade Level: PreK-12
  • ISBN: 9781483316413
  • Published By: Corwin
  • Year: 2014
  • Page Count: 80
  • Publication date: April 22, 2014
Price: $22.95

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Description

Description

Energize your students through active learning!
Engagement is critical to positive classroom climate and individual student achievement. Yet it can be elusive. This teacher-friendly flip book provides strategies to maximize student involvement and confidence in the learning process. In this easy-to-use companion to Energizing Brain Breaks, you’ll find:

  • More than sixty practical, easy-to-implement teaching ideas.
  • Strategies to improve questioning techniques, adjust attitudes, and involve parents.
  • The Engagement Wheel, a downloadable self-evaluation tool to measure student participation and guide lesson planning.
  • Access to a free PowerPoint or SmartBoard version.

A high school mathematics instructor since 1987, author David Sladkey has been named Teacher of the Year by Naperville Community School District.

“Engaging Teaching Tools is a fantastic resource that is full of ideas that foster a positive learning environment. It is a great reference for new teachers or teachers who want to refresh their ideas and invigorate their teaching.”
—Kris Freebairn, Science Teacher
Loreto Mandeville Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Key features

  • Includes more than 60 practical, ready-to-use, teaching ideas
  • Comes with one free PowerPoint or SmartBoard version
  • The Engagement Wheel is a great tool that is available for download
Author(s)

Author(s)

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David Sladkey

David Sladkey has been teaching high school mathematics for 37 years. He was named Teacher of the Year for Naperville School District 203 in 2007 and the Office Max Innovative Teacher of the Month in March of 2009. David was the Illinois 2019 awardee of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST).

David loves to get his students moving and participating actively in their learning. He appreciates technology that impacts curriculum and is easy to implement. DaviD uses a SMART Board in his classes every day and is the mathematics department technology specialist. He has coauthored a book, Easy SMART Board Teaching Templates, with Scott Miller and is the author of Energizing Brain Breaks, a Corwin bestseller, and Engaging Teaching Tools. David is passionate about his teaching and reflects this journey in his blog, “Reflections of a High School Math Teacher” (teachinghighschoolmath.blogspot.com). David is also an avid cyclist and loves spending time with his wife and three children.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Welcome to Energizing Teaching Tools

Engagement Wheel

Questioning

Classroom Climate

Classroom Activities

Classroom Aids

Attitude Adjustment

Parents

Extras

Reviews

Reviews

Quote by Jackie Thornton, Assistant Principal, Naperville Central High School:

"Engaging Teaching Tools has become an essential resource for teachers at our school. The activities included are quick, energizing and easily incorporated in any discipline. You will see an immediate difference in student engagement once these activities are included in your classroom!"

"Engaging Teaching Tools has become an essential resource for teachers at our school. The activities included are quick, energizing and easily incorporated in any discipline. You will see an immediate difference in student engagement once these activities are included in your classroom!"

Jackie Thornton, Assistant Principal
Naperville Central High School
Quote by Dr. Kris Freebairn, Science Teacher, Loreto Mandeville Hall: "Engaging Teaching Tools is a fantastic resource that is full of ideas which foster a positive learning environment. It is a great reference for new teachers, or teachers who want to refresh their ideas and invigorate their teaching."
"Engaging Teaching Tools is a fantastic resource that is full of ideas which foster a positive learning environment. It is a great reference for new teachers, or teachers who want to refresh their ideas and invigorate their teaching."
Dr. Kris Freebairn, Science Teacher
Loreto Mandeville Hall
    Price: $22.95

    Review Copies

    This book is not available as a review copy.

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