Strategies for

Engaging Students

Syllabus as a Classroom Management Tool

Crafting your syllabus/outcome
a. Familiarize with institutions student code of conduct. Ask the
following questions:
How do I expect students to behave?
What will or wont I tolerate?
What compromises or concessions to reality am I willing to
make?
b. Set clear expectations for learner behavior and
responsibilities, as well as workload, learning outcomes,
deadlines, grading, late assignments and assessment.
c. Clarify specific points that are particularly important to you so
as to avoid any misunderstandings down the road. Explain why
certain rules and often share past experiences to illustrate this
point.

I think sometimes we create rules because

things annoy us and not because they
actually disrupt the class. You have to decide,
whats your level of tolerance? Are you really
going to try and ban smart phones in your
class? Is that even feasible? Its important
not to have rules that you cant enforce.

Goal-setting
One of the key elements of being involved in
something is knowing why we are doing it. We wont
be engaged in any activity if we dont see the purpose
of it. This is why knowing the aims/purpose of the
lesson or a task is so important and fundamental to
active learning. These aims, though, need to be within
ones reach. So passing an exam is too far away for
students. Learning English to be able to
communicate is too abstract.
This is why students need significant, meaningful,
achievable, realistic and time-oriented (SMART) goals.

Brainstorming
Brainstorming can be done with groups of various
sizes and it can take as little as a minute to
complete. The most important rule that you need
to teach your students, is that there are no wrong
answers, so nobody should comment or criticize
the ideas of others.

Word Sort/Word
Splash
The aim to familiarize the students with some, words,
concepts, theories that are related to the course.
Vocabulary building
Cognition: what did you see? What can you say?
Strategy: Pair and let them discuss. Write what words
they discovered. Explain something about those word/s.
Call someone to present. (www.wordle.net)

CUT OUT PUZZLE

(Break out session)
Cut out the puzzle pieces and put them back together
to make the fun picture/the materials you used in word
sort.
Time Needed: 2-5 minutes per group.
Purpose: Team Cohesion, Class member familiarity,
learning with fun.
Where can be used? Organizing, Teamwork, Diversity,
Leading, Ethics, Management, Economics (Efficiency
and Effectivity)

Word Puzzle/word search

Find the words, concepts, ideas or anything related to
the course or subject
What to do?: Based on the delivery plan, ask the
students what they remember and ask them any idea or
prior idea about those words that they found or listed.
Do it in group and ask someone from a group to list
what they have and explain some of them based on
what they understand.

ONE MINUTE
PAPERS
in the last 10-15 minutes of class, ask the following
questions, "the most imp thing that you have learned
today?," "1-2 imp questions that have regarding the
lecture?," "what subject would you like to know more
about?" (can also ask questions regarding the lecture
or chapter) Have students write down answers,
collect-can be used to start the next class lecture, etc.

Pass the Bucket

In courses that needs computation or board
work.
Start working a problem at the board. Call for
a volunteer, thank them. Call a student to
work for a certain part , ask another to work
the next part of the problem and pass it again
to another student to continue on the
problem.

Prepare a mini case ( or

analyze a diagram)
Give real life application of material in the form of a
problem/scenario/controversy, can have individuals or
groups problem-solve (or individual and then group to
help assess learning).
Call one student to give or voice out their idea.
Variation: Use a deck of card or chips or simple card
cut outs, give 2 chips each or ask them to prepare a
piece of paper ask them to write their name and ID
number.
Call one by oneif you have time

The Moth
Announce that you will give a mark to anyone
who is willing to share a story , the student is
required to come in front the class. The story
could be varied from: he/she choose his/her
own topic, a story related to the topic, a
current event etc,. Marking can be done by
the lecturer or the students and get the
average.

Quiz/Test
Questions
Here students are asked to become actively involved
in creating quizzes and tests by constructing some (or
all) of the questions for the exams. This exercise may
be assigned for homework and itself evaluated
(perhaps for extra credit points). In asking students to
think up exam questions, we encourage them to think
more deeply about the course material and to explore
major themes, comparison of views presented,
applications, and other higher-order thinking skills.

Quiz Show
(Jeopardy)
Group Work and Continuous Activity

Jeopardy Macro.pptx

Role Play
JST: job interview

One employee or supervisor plays the

part of a potential client to see how
the student would react, is also an
example of play with the purpose of
enhancing the power to influence.
Read more:
Business Games That Teach How to In
fluence | eHow.com

http://www.ehow.com/info_8545471_bu
siness-games-teach-influence.html#i
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Games
(gamification)
a. Scavenger Hunt
b. Bring Me
c. Student Appreciation Game: Ask question like

-What is the exchange rate today?

- How do you like when your sad? Happy? Nervous? Shocked? Pain? Angry?

Oman Genius
Pattern under Pinoy Henyo

Power Point
Presentation
Enhance with Images

Clicker
Use when introducing a new topic or lesson

Why is leadership important in TQM?

Which do you prefer? Man or Woman in
leading the organization? Why?

Break out in 5
minutes
Do it with group or pair let them discuss and
ask them to write their answer. Ask a student
to present their answer or opinion.

Then tell your

opinion or answer
Why?
Or you can have choices: a, b, c, d

Images
Ask them to interpret
Break Out Session
Group Work
Ask someone to present their group output

Visual technique
Create a Poster on a Topic
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Demonstration
The Jar

FISH BOWL
students are given index cards to write down 1-2
questions about the material covered/practical
applications ofAre put in "fishbowl" towards the end
of class, instructor picks a couple to discuss either then
or to begin to next class.