An award-winning English and Social Studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, Calif., Larry Ferlazzo is the author of Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, and Building Parent Engagement In Schools.
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'Student Engagement Means Connectedness'
Today's commentaries on student engagement are offered by Cheryl Abla, Jessica Garza, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Michelle Shory, Irina V. McGrath, Cindy Garcia, Kim Morrison, and Ann Mausbach.
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Ways to Promote Student Engagement
Kathy Dyer, Sarah Said, Samantha Cortez, Cathy Beck, Danny Weeks, Dr. Beth Gotcher, Madeline Whitaker Good, and Elizabeth Stringer Keefe, Ph.D., help answer questions about student engagement.
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What Does Student Engagement Look Like?
The new question-of-the-week is: What does "student engagement" mean, and what can we do to promote it in our classrooms?
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Student Agency But Were Afraid to Ask ...
Dr. Rebecca Alber, Andrea Keith, Tamara Fyke, Jenny Edwards, and Michael D. Toth "wrap up" a four-part series on student agency.
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'Agency' Lets Students 'Take an Active Role in Shaping Their Future'
Debbie Silver, Jennifer Casa-Todd, and Bill Ivey provide responses to the question "What is agency and how can teachers encourage its growth among students?"
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Ways to Support Student Agency
Adeyemi Stembridge, Mary Beth Nicklaus, Alycia Owen, and Dr. Laura Greenstein discuss the value of student agency and how to promote it in schools.
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'Student Agency Is Ownership'
Keisha Rembert, Sarah Ottow, Laurie Manville, Dr. Alva Lefevre, Dr. Lynell Powell, Dr. Felicia Darling, Paula Mellom, Rebecca Hixon, and Jodi Weber define student agency and how to promote it in the classroom.
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What Does Student Agency Look Like?
The new question-of-the-week is: What is agency and how can teachers encourage its growth among students?
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Students Feel More Motivated When Writing for 'Authentic Audiences'
Shanna Peeples, Mary K. Tedrow, Amy Sandvold, and Laverne Bowers "wrap up" this five-part series on students writing for "authentic audiences."
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'Invite Students to Write Real Arguments'
Rita Platt, Alexis Wiggins, Dr. Jenny Grant Rankin, Kristen Koppers, and Mara Lee Grayson share their ideas on how and why students can write for an audience other than the teacher.
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'Design Writing Tasks That Bridge the Gap Between Classroom & Outside World'
Martha Sevetson Rush, Donna L. Shrum, Heather Wolpert-Gawron, Michael Fisher, Tamara Letter, and Keisha Rembert contribute their thoughts on authentic audiences for student writers.
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Ways Students Can Write for 'Authentic Audiences'
Jayne Marlink, Cheryl Mizerny, Erin Starkey, Nicole Brown, Dawn Mitchell, and John Larmer share their suggestions on how to encourage students to write for "authentic audiences."
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'When Students Send Their Work Out Into the World, It Changes Everything'
Katherine Schulten, Kelly Love, Tatiana Esteban, Kimiko Shibata, Alycia Owen, and Jennifer Orr offer suggestions on how students can write for an "authentic audience."
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How Can Students Write for 'Authentic' Audiences?
The new question-of-the-week is: How can students write for "authentic" audiences?