Student Engagement at its Finest

This is the third time I've watched this video. Along with the high energy this teacher creates, the lesson allows students to reach a metacognitive level of understanding the content.  If you haven't seen "Power Teaching Critical Thinking AMAZING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT!

This lesson includes student participation at multiple levels:

- while receiving direction instruction
- while teaching the content to a partner
- while listenting to the partner

Every student is physically interacting with the material three times.  I love the body language associations the teacher creates.  It ensures content to get into long-term memory.

This is a great lesson in many ways, but the aspect of it that I find fascinating is the higher order thinking skills he builds to use at a cross-curricular level. 

If you haven't seen this before, take a look.  It is inspiring!  If you have, it is worth another look.  

Comments

[MrsTG]

Love the idea of Power Teaching, Laura! I've seen some videos before, but not this particular one. Have you personally used any of the Power Teaching techniques in your classroom?

[Laura Hecht]

MrsTG,
Thanks for your positive feedback. I showed this to two teachers and they were all hung up on the volume of the classroom. I have started using more consistent hand gestures when getting kids to talk conceptually as this teacher did. I am an advocate of whatever means it takes to get the students fully engaged in content. Thanks for the comment.

Laura