Strategies to Promote Student Engagement & Cultivate Classroom Equity

1. Give students opportunities to think and talk about the content

   1. Pause for 3-5 seconds after posing a question
   2. Provide opportunities to write in class
   3. Small group discussions

2. Encourage and actively student participation

   1. Establish a culture of hand raising
   2. Encourage multiple voices
   3. Monitor student participation

3. Build an inclusive classroom for all students

   1. Learn students’ names
   2. Integrate culturally relevant examples
   3. Use varied active-learning strategies

4. Monitor behavior to cultivate divergent thinking

   1. Ask open-ended questions
   2. Listen to student responses without judgmental responses
   3. Establish inclusive classroom norms

5. Teach all students in the classroom

   1. Consider what students learn from the classroom culture
   2. Collect assessment from every student, every class

Based on Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity. Tanner, K. D. (2013). Structure matters: Twenty-one teaching strategies to promote student engagement and cultivate classroom Equity. CBE Life Sciences Education, 12(3), 322–331.