The hottest Student Engagement Substack posts right now

Teaching directly at the start of a lesson can be more effective than starting with questions or exploratory methods.
Using a structured approach like TAPPLE can help teachers ensure students understand the material and reduce workload.
Approaches like TAPPLE can benefit all students, including gifted learners and those with anxiety, by providing clear direction.

Productive struggle is a methodology in mathematics to enhance conceptual understanding.
In the field of English, there are practices that lead to unproductive struggle, like cold writes and advising students to only write about what they know.
Group work can be beneficial, but jigsaw teaching might hinder rigorous quality control or understanding checks.

Effective tutoring requires sensitivity to individual learner needs, which AI chatbots may lack.
The promise of AI chatbots in classrooms for personalized learning is not clearly demonstrated.
The high cost and limited appeal to students make AI chatbot tutors a poor fit for K-12 math education.

Experts suggest that boys shy away from college due to issues like resistance to authority, feeling unwelcome, and societal pressures.
Factors like socialization, lack of motivation for academic engagement, and fear of speaking up honestly in class contribute to the declining male enrollment in colleges.
Alternative educational models, such as internships and direct links to employers, are being explored as potential solutions to engage young men in higher education.

Classroom conversation needs interesting topics and opportunities to talk about them, regardless of the medium used.
Teacher pedagogy must adapt with new technology to facilitate and enhance classroom conversation.
Maintaining a balance between technology and face-to-face interaction is crucial in fostering classroom communication.

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