Engaging Teaching Tools: Measuring and Improving Student Engagement

Energize your students through active learning!
Engagement is critical to positive classroom climate and individual student achievement. Yet it can be elusive.  This teacher-friendly flip book provides strategies to maximize student involvement and confidence in the learning process. In this easy-to-use companion to Energizing Brain Breaks, you’ll find:

• More than sixty practical, easy-to-implement teaching ideas.
• Strategies to improve questioning techniques, adjust attitudes, and involve parents.
• The Engagement Wheel, a downloadable self-evaluation tool to measure student participation and guide lesson planning.
• Access to a free PowerPoint or SmartBoard version.

A high school mathematics instructor since 1987, author David Sladkey has been named Teacher of the Year by Naperville Community School District.

"Engaging Teaching Tools is a fantastic resource that is full of ideas that foster a positive learning environment. It is a great reference for new teachers or teachers who want to refresh their ideas and invigorate their teaching."
―Kris Freebairn, Science Teacher
Loreto Mandeville Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

David Sladkey has been teaching high school mathematics for 37 years. He was named Teacher of the Year for Naperville School District 203 in 2007 and the Office Max Innovative Teacher of the Month in March of 2009. David was the Illinois 2019 awardee of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST).

David loves to get his students moving and participating actively in their learning. He appreciates technology that impacts curriculum and is easy to implement. DaviD uses a SMART Board in his classes every day and is the mathematics department technology specialist. He has coauthored a book, Easy SMART Board Teaching Templates, with Scott Miller and is the author of Energizing Brain Breaks, a Corwin bestseller, and Engaging Teaching Tools. David is passionate about his teaching and reflects this journey in his blog, “Reflections of a High School Math Teacher” (teachinghighschoolmath.blogspot.com). David is also an avid cyclist and loves spending time with his wife and three children.