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Math Engagement In Middle School Students, Elizabeth M. Rieman
Math Engagement In Middle School Students, Elizabeth M. Rieman
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Student engagement is something with which teachers around the world struggle. There is an enormous amount of literature available with various ideas, tips, tricks, and suggestions for teachers to help engage their students in learning the required content. The techniques chosen, are specifically used to help middle school math teachers engage their students in the required content. From there, it offers a way to implement those strategies in a middle school math class.
Engaging Disinterested Adolescent Readers In The Middle School Classroom, Elizabeth M. Lezman
Engaging Disinterested Adolescent Readers In The Middle School Classroom, Elizabeth M. Lezman
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Reading is a necessary skill and habit that adolescents need to carry into adulthood to set them on a more advantageous life trajectory. As students reach adolescence and their interest and engagement in reading tends to decrease, it is vital for educators to implement strategies and structures to promote engagement, passion and interesting in reading. Three key factors of increasing engagement are to build a community of readers, implement choice reading, and provide texts representing a variety of identities, cultures, traditions and voices. Research has proven that students are more engaged in reading when they feel part of a community, …