Multiple Means of Engagement
Learners differ in how they can be engaged or motivated to be learn and this can be affected by many factors. Individual variation can be influenced by affected by neurology, culture, personal relevance, subjectivity, and background knowledge, along with a variety of other factors.
Providing options for:
Recruiting interests – sociological activities, lessons, and concepts should be made relevant to variations in inter- and intra- individual differences among learners. This includes increasing choice, autonomy, relevance, authenticity, and to minimize threats and distractions.
Sustaining effort and persistence – Sociology teachers should help learners to build skills in self-regulation, self-determination, while minimizing contextual interference and accessibility in the external environment.
Self-regulation – Sociology instructors should help learners to develop intrinsic abilities to regulate their emotions and abilities. Explicitly develop student’s ability to modulate their own emotional reactions and emotional states, rather than implicitly. Provide clear objectives, expectations, feedback thought process and self-regulation in learning, and facilitate self-assessment.
