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Your expert resource to activate, manage, and maintain lasting student success!
Student disengagement is a huge challenge for teachers everywhere. Leading education expert Jennifer Fredricks empowers teachers to reengage students at all levels with powerful examples and clear-eyed implementation strategies that build essential 21st century learning skills. Teachers get the core facts about the causes, consequences, and solutions to disengagement and learn to confidently: Identify students most at risk for disengagement; Implement student-centered, project-based learning practices for maximum educational outcomes; Work effectively with diverse groups of disengaged youth; Build positive peer cultures and high-quality student-teacher relationships
Straightforward how-to's from practicing classroom teachers, extensively researched online and print resources, and assessment and observation tips help educators make real-world applications. Cultivate lasting student engagement and transform educational outcomes with this must-have resource!
Myth 6: Socializing with Peers Detracts from Student Engagement: How to Create a Peer Context That Supports Engagement
Myth 6: Socializing with Peers Detracts from Student Engagement: How to Create a Peer Context That Supports Engagement
Schools and classrooms are inherently social places. Prior research demonstrates that students’ social and academic lives are intertwined. Peers can provide companionship, emotional support, and validation, and they can help with solving academic problems. Students who have positive relationships with their peers have been found to have higher levels of engagement, motivation, and achievement (Wentzel, 2009). In contrast, students who are rejected by their peers have poorer academic and behavioral outcomes over time (Ladd, 2005).
However, despite the evidence regarding the importance of peer support for a range of positive outcomes, ...
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