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Engagement is an Important “Affective” Learning Process

on February 23, 2015

Learning requires both cognitive and affective processes.  One of those “affective” processes is engagement.  An historic, and I would say current, view of engagement is the Expectancy/Value Framework.*  What is valuable enough to sustain the learning process?  The Value/Expectancy model suggestions that both intrinsic and extrinsic “rewards” can keep learners engaged.  On the Expectancy side, the model describes the role of difficulty, effort, ability, and luck (DEAL) in learning.

How learners explain their “successes” and “failures” in learning matters.

Here’s an excerpt from a post on Mindset that addresses some of the DEAL factors students may use to explain “successes” and “failures” in learning.

Top Ten Tips for developing a Growth Mindset in your Classroom

August 3, 2014 by Pete Jones

http://deeplearning.edublogs.org/files/2014/08/IMG_0324-1jq42l0.jpg

Here are some excerpts:

2 Share the pain! Encouraging discussion about what students in your class find difficult; what they are struggling with can be really helpful for students. It helps students realise that we can all be challenged, no matter our starting point. There may be ways in which students can find answers, but it’s also incredibly healthy to listen to the nature of struggle…..

3 Question the effort. Questioning serves a pivotal role in nurturing a growth mindset. How could this be even better? What do you need to work hard at to improve on this? Is it time to adopt a different approach or do you need to just keep going? Are you putting in enough effort for you to make major improvements this time? Go and have a look at X’s work. What can you tell me about the approach she has taken with this work…..

6 Acknowledge the effort. Make a big deal of those who are putting in the effort. Those who are spending time on their homework. Talk about their work ethic in the class, and what effect it has on the quality of their work and understanding….

*http://acmd615.pbworks.com/f/ExpectancyValueTheory.pdf


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