How to Engage Underperforming Students Through Interactive Learning

1. Essential Question - Students have to be able to answer focus question at the end of the class. (informal assessment)

2. Activating Strategy - Use effective teaching strategies to motivate students during lesson (What are you going to do as a teacher to whet student appetite to want to learn what you are teaching them?)

3. Limited Lecture - Research says that students can only maintain their attention span for their age plus 2 or 3 minutes.  When that time has elapsed, teachers must stop and have students do something.

4. Graphic Organizer - e.g. Fayer Model