This document discusses strategies for engaging students and sustaining their attention and effort in learning. It notes that students want fun and real-life application from learning. It then provides tips for chunking instruction, using competition, games, technology, movement, hands-on activities, timers, and behavioral motivators like rewards to help engagement. Specific low-cost reward ideas are suggested, and it emphasizes the importance of an enthusiastic teacher who shows interest in students.

1. October 12, 2011 by Brenda Whipp and Mary Truscott Universal Design for Learning Engagement

2. 8.0 Provide options for sustaining effort and persistence

3. What are the two things you want out of your students’ learning? .

4. What are the two things children want out of their learning? 1. Fun 2. Real Life application

5. How long is an average child able to sustain attention to one activity? How long is a child with an attention issue able to sustain that attention? How long is the average adult’s attention span?

6. Instructional Motivation

8. Chunking Time

9. DRTA

10. Competition – who can complete more than 10 math problems correctly in 7 minutes…who can write the best BCR/ECR in class, cooperative groups and competition among them, stations, sign off

12. Use of different materials

13. Cooperative groups (allow kids to sometimes pick one person who will be in their group)

14. Partner work (students get to pick partner)

15. Add music to your lesson when possible

16. Allow children to write on your board or document camera

17. Review games: Bingo, word games for vocabulary

18. Movement or changing activities every 20-30 minutes

19. Hands on activities

20. Use of timers

22. Stickers

23. Sticker chart

24. Pawllars

25. Candy or other food items

26. Beans in a jar (class incentive)

27. Class agrees upon an activity when they meet a certain criteria set by teacher and in conjunction with them.

29. Some no cost reward/incentive Ideas Sit at the teacher’s desk. Have lunch with your favorite person. Have lunch with the principal. Phone parents to tell them how great a kid you are. Draw on the chalkboard. Be first in line. Do only half an assignment. Choose music for lunch with the teacher or friends. Get a drink when ever you want to.

31. Be a helper with younger children.

32. Use the teacher’s chair.

33. Choose a book for the teacher to read to class.

34. Move your desk/seat to a chosen location.

35. No homework pass.

36. Be the first to eat.

37. Choose movie for the class to watch.

38. Be the leader of a class game or activity.

39. Operate the projector/camera

40. Use the computer

42. Universal Design of Learning Website http://www.udlcenter.org/aboutudl/udlguidelines/principle3