Research on Engaging Learners

Peter Felten discusses the research on engaging learners on episode 216 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Notes from the episode

Shape what our students do and what they think in the most efficient ways possible.
—Peter Felten

Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (from How Learning Works by Ambrose et al., 2010, p. 1)

Five Things Students Need to Do:

1. Time
2. Effort
3. Feedback
4. Practice
5. Reflect

Three Things Students Need to Think/Feel:

1. “I belong here.”
2. “I can learn this.”
3. “I find this meaningful.”

Resources Mentioned

•  The Heart of Engaged Learning: What Students Do and Think
• David Perkins: Ladder of Feedback
• Constructive Criticism: The Role of Student-Faculty Interactions on African American and Hispanic Students’ Educational Gains, Cole, Darnell