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4 Simple Ways to Help Your Most-Disconnected Students
Activities to Boost Student Engagement
How to Hold a Better Class Discussion: Advice Guide
How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging
Pedagogy Unbound
Practical strategies for instruction.

Student Engagement

The Best Class You Never Taught: How Spider Web Discussion Can Turn Students into Learning Leaders by Alexis Wiggins
Call Number: LB1032 .W53 2017
Closing the Attitude Gap: How to Fire Up Your Students to Strive for Success by Baruti Kafele
Call Number: eBook (click title)
Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty by Elizabeth F. Barkley and Patricia K. Cross
Call Number: LB1032 .B318 2014 & eBook (click title)
A Concise Guide to Teaching with Desirable Difficulties by Diane Cummings Persellin and Mary Blythe Daniels
Call Number: LB1060 .P449 2018
Creating Engaging Discussions: Strategies for "Avoiding Crickets" in Any Size Classroom and Online by Jennifer H. Herman and Linda Nilson (Editors)
Call Number: LB1032 .C69 2018
Designing a Motivational Syllabus: Creating a Learning Path for Student Engagement by Christine Harrington and Melissa Thomas
Call Number: LB2361.5 .H366 2018
The Discussion Book: 50 Great Ways to Get People Talking by Stephen D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill
Call Number: eBook (click title)
Discussion in the College Classroom: Getting Your Students Engaged and Participating in Person and Online by Jay R. Howard
Call Number: LB2331.H68 2015 & eBook (click title)
Engaging Students As Partners in Learning and Teaching: A Guide for Faculty by Alison Cook-Sather, Catherine Bovill, and Peter Felten
Call Number: eBook (click title)
International Student Engagement: Strategies for Creating Inclusive, Connected, and Purposeful Campus Environments by Chris R. Glass, Rachawan Wongtrirat, and Stephanie Buus
Call Number: eBook (click title)
Kick-Start Your Class: Academic Icebreakers to Engage Students by LouAnne Johnson
Call Number: eBook (click title)
Motivating Students Who Don't Care: Proven Strategies to Engage All Learners by Allen N. Mendler
Call Number: LB1065 .M377 2021
Paths to Learning: Teaching for Engagement in College by Barbara F. Tobolowsky (Editor)
Call Number: eBook (click title)
Questioning for Classroom Discussion: Purposeful Speaking, Engaged Listening, Deep Thinking by Jackie A. Walsh and Beth D. Sattes
Call Number: eBook (click title)
The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion by Sarah Rose Cavanagh
Call Number: LB2331 .C37 2016
Student Engagement in Higher Education: Theoretical Perspectives and Practical Approaches for Diverse Populations by Shaun R. Harper and Stephen John Quaye (Editors)
Call Number: LB2342.92.S78 2015
Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty by Elizabeth F. Barkley
Call Number: eBook (click title)
Successful Beginnings in College Teaching: Engaging Your Students From the First Day by Angela Provitera-McGlynn
Call Number: LB2331 .P768 2001
Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students by Norman Eng
Call Number: LB2331.E644 2017
Transforming Teaching and Learning with Active Dramatic Approaches: Engaging Students Across the Curriculum by Brian Edmiston
Call Number: LB1027.23.E34 2014
You've Got to Reach Them to Teach Them: Hard Facts About the Soft Skills of Student Engagement by Mary Kim Schreck
Call Number: eBook (click title)

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