Active Student Engagement

• What does it look like?

• What does it sound like?

• What does it feel like?
  

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In what ways does Schlechty capture the difference between being engaged and being on task in this excerpt from Shaking Up the Schoolhouse?

Engagement is active. It requires that students be attentive as well as in attendance; it requires the student to be committed to the task and find some inherent value in what he or she is being asked to do. The engaged student not only does the task assigned but also does it with enthusiasm and diligence. Moreover, the student performs the task because he or she perceives the task to be associated with a near-term end that he or she values.

                                                                                                              Shaking Up the Schoolhouse, Phillip C. Schlechty. (2001, 64)