Promoting Student Engagement: Volume 1
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Table of Contents
| Chapter Title and Author | Page | |
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| Foreward Wilbert J. McKeachie |
1 | |
| Introduction Richard L. Miller |
2 | |
| Section 1. Why and How Engagement Matters Richard L. Miller, Editor |
9 | |
| Factors that Promote Engagement Corey Guenther & Richard L. Miller |
10 | |
| Outcomes Associated with Student Engagement Richard L. Miller & Jeanne M. Butler |
18 | |
| Section 2. Programs that Promote Student Engagement I Eric Amsel & Brenda Marsteller Kowalewski, Editors |
24 | |
| Engaging Students through Psychology Organizations Kristina R. Thielen, Donna Stuber, Cathy A. Grover & Kenneth A. Weaver |
25 | |
| Psi Beta as an Avenue of Engagement Valerie T. Smith & Jennifer L. O'Loughlin-Brooks |
31 | |
| Preparing to Serve: A Program Training College Students for Tutoring and Mentoring in Public Schools Eric Amsel, Sheldon Cheshire, Alisha Massen, Brenda Marsteller Kowalewski, & Jan Winniford |
34 | |
| Community Service Engagement Maya M. Khanna |
41 | |
| Undergraduate Internships for Psychology Majors George B. Yancey |
46 | |
| Residential Learning Communities in Psychology: How to Get Started Courtney A. Rocheleau, M. Corinne Smith, Shawn Bergman, & Mark C. Zrull |
57 | |
| Increasing Student Engagement through Curricular-Based Learning Communities Kim Buch & Kenneth E. Barron |
63 | |
| Civic Engagement Through Service Learning Jennifer L. O'Loughlin-Brooks & Valerie T. Smith |
70 | |
| Interdisciplinary International Service-Learning: The Story of Our Success Steve T. Barney, Rachel Kirk, & Boyd Fife |
73 | |
| Alumni in the Classroom (and Beyond) Donna Stuber, Kristina R. Thielen, Jennifer Babitzke, & Bill Allan |
82 | |
| Section 3. Programs that Promote Student Engagement II Bernard C. Beins, Editor |
89 | |
| Building the Case for Engagement in Honors College Programs Chrisanne Christensen |
90 | |
| Structuring the Capstone Experience in Psychology Theresa A Wadkins & Richard L. Miller |
95 | |
| SENCER: Science Education and Running Before Walking William Wozniak |
103 | |
| First-Year Experience: Introduction to the Psychology Major Course Brian W. Schrader, Kenneth A. Weaver, & James Persinger |
108 | |
| Student Engagement in Undergraduate Research Jeffrey D. Holmes & Bernard C. Beins |
114 | |
| Freshman Orientation Programs Brooke Bennett-Day & Lisa Rouleau |
118 | |
| School in Your Skivvies: Lessons Learned on Promoting Student Engagement in a Virtual Versus Traditional Classroom Setting Sara Villanueva |
124 | |
| Interteaching: A Behavior-Analytic Approach to Promoting Student Engagement Bryan K. Saville |
128 | |
| The Democratic Academy: Pedagogies for Student Engagement Kerrie Baker, Kathleen Boland, Elizabeth Meade, & Suzanne Weaver |
134 | |
| Section 4. Student Engagement Techniques Kenneth D. Keith, Editor |
144 | |
| Engaging Students through e-Polling Bill Hill & Randolph A. Smith |
145 | |
| Active Learning Isabelle D. Cherney |
150 | |
| Using Reflective Journaling in the College Course Krista K. Fritson, Krista D. Forrest, & Mackenzie L. Bohl |
157 | |
| Increasing Student Engagement with a Motivational Interviewing Strategy Susan E. Becker, Leslie Miller, & Bruce A. Bishop |
162 | |
| Peer Learning and Its Applications to Undergraduate Psychology Instruction John D. Murray |
166 | |
| Do Podcasts Engage and Educate College Students? Blaine F. Peden & Benjamin Z. Domask |
170 | |
| Strategies for Making Psychology Self-Relevant In and Out of the Classroom Natalie J. Ciarocco, Lisa M. Dinella, & Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. |
178 | |
| Increasing Learner Engagement with Team-based Learning Heath Marrs |
185 | |
| Embedding Guided Discussions in Class Activities and Assignments Jeannetta G. Williams & Sara Villanueva |
192 | |
| Jigsaw Classroom David V. Perkins & Michael J. Tagler |
195 | |
| Using E-Portfolios in Psychology Courses Michael Vigorito |
198 | |
| Insert Comment Technique Promotes Student Engagement in Online Courses Blaine F. Peden, Jill M. Jansen, & Amy K. Thoftne |
205 | |
| Section 5. Special opportunities for engagement Blaine F. Peden, Editor |
210 | |
| First-Class First Classes Mitchell M. Handelsman |
211 | |
| The Last Word: Engaging Students for Life Kenneth D. Keith |
215 | |
| Web 2.0 Applications to Foster Student Engagement B. Jean Mandernach & Sarah S. Taylor |
220 | |
| Engaging Students: Issues of Cultural Privilege Loreto Prieto |
230 | |
| Academic Engagement for the Benefit of All: Practical Strategies for Incorporating Non Gender Normative Students Jennifer R. Daniels |
238 | |
| Commentary on Multicultural Student Engagement Kelley Haynes Mendez |
243 | |
| Engagement of International Students on United States of America Campuses Matthew Mims & Grace Mims |
247 | |
| Section 6. Assessing student engagement Blaine F. Peden, Editor |
250 | |
| Documenting the Beneficial Effects of Student Engagement: Assessing Student Learning Outcomes R. Eric Landrum |
251 | |
| Using Standardized Tests to Assess Institution-Wide Student Engagement Jeanne M. Butler |
258 | |
| Assessing Civic Engagement Katrina H. Norvell & Sherril B. Gelmon |
265 | |
| Assessing Course Student Engagement B. Jean Mandernach, Emily Donnelli-Sallee, & Amber Dailey-Hebert |
277 | |
| Working with Students to Promote Engagement in Departmental and University-Wide Assessment Kenneth E. Barron & Jeanne M. Butler |
282 | |
| Secret Agents, Alien Spies, and a Quest to Save the World: Engaging Students in Scientific Reasoning and Critical Thinking through Operation ARIES! Heather A. Butler, Carol Forsyth, Diane F. Halpern, Arthur Graesser, & Keith Millis |
286 | |
| I Have One Question: Engaging Students Through Formative Assessment Rob McEntarffer |
292 | |
| Our Contributors |
298 | |
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Miller, R. L., Amsel, E., Kowalewski, B. M., Beins, B. C., Keith, K. D., & Peden, B. F. (2011). Promoting student engagement (Vol 1): Programs, techniques and opportunities. Retrieved from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Web site: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/pse2011/index.php
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