by Melissa Schettler
A consistent challenge that many instructors in higher education face is low engagement among students in the classroom. How do we, as instructors, plan activities that foster and support engagement from our students? Highly structured cooperative learning strategies that are explicitly taught to students provide an opportunity to significantly increase engagement from learners in the classroom and thus lead to increased student learning.
Melissa Schettler, EdS, is an assistant professor in the Teacher Education Program at William Penn University. She was an elementary educator for nine years prior to making the shift to higher education.