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Student engagement

Meaning in education & teaching, with examples

nounCore term

In education & teaching, student engagement means: How involved, interested and active students are in their learning, shown by their attention, effort, participation and curiosity.

In Turkish: öğrenci katılımı, öğrenci bağlılığı, derse katılım

How it is used

A frequent phrase in observation feedback, school reports and research. Teachers increase, boost or maintain student engagement; observers comment on high or low engagement. Students can be 'engaged' or 'disengaged'.

Example sentences

  1. Student engagement went up noticeably when we started using real local data in maths.

  2. The observer noted strong student engagement during the group task.

Common collocations

  • increase student engagement
  • high levels of engagement
  • student engagement strategies
  • keep students engaged
  • active learningLearning in which students do things and think about what they are doing, such as discussing, solving problems or explaining ideas, instead of only listening.
  • on taskDoing the work or activity that the teacher has set and paying attention to it, rather than chatting or doing something else.
  • gamificationUsing elements of games, such as points, badges, levels, leaderboards and challenges, in learning activities to increase motivation and participation.
  • warm-upA short activity at the start of a lesson that gets students thinking, talking or moving and prepares them for the main topic.

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