How do I help students engage productively in active learning classrooms?

At http://physport.org/expert/framing you will find a series of articles about improving student engagement. Within each recommendation are linked activities, videos, and other concrete examples of how to accomplish this. You can also download the whole series as a PDF if you prefer. The articles discus setting clear expectations, helping students become expert learners, motivation, assessing engagement, the first day, group work, and facilitating student discussions. (See the full list of articles on this overview page).

This work was funded primarily by the CSL Chancellor's award, with initial work under the Science Education Initiative. Many thanks to my collaborators Andrew Boudreaux (Western Washington University) and Jon Gaffney (Hamilton College).