How does implementing self-paced learning, through the use of video tutorials, affect engagement in a high school level woodworking class?
John Singler
Seminar Title
How does implementing self-paced learning, through the use of video tutorials, affect engagement in a high school level woodworking class?
Concept/Strategy
Focus of the Research
Self-paced learning; Making video tutorials
Grade Level
Research Was Applied
High School
Relevant Grade Level
Connections
High School
Discipline
Where Research Was Applied
Industrial Tech
Additional Discipline Areas
I see Application to
All Disciplines
Invitation/Commercial
Would you like to increase student engagement and maximize the quality of the time that you have with your students? Are you willing to give up some control in your classrooms to do it? We all know that students learn more effectively when they are in our classrooms. My research project was aimed at increasing the quality of that time. By implementing self-paced learning, I was hoping to increase student engagement, more efficiently use my time with my students, and maximize the quality of the time I had with them. By having my students control the rate at which content was delivered to them, I was hoping that they would self-differentiate their own learning. In doing so, I would have more time to provide more focused and individualized feedback to my students. While I chose to use video tutorials in a hands-on class at the high school level, self-paced learning could be used in a wide variety of ways and be effectively used in a wide range of classes and grade levels. If you would like to learn more about self-paced learning, join the conversation with me.