Drama Performances Increase Student Engagement
Students utilize a variety of drama performances in order to enhance their thinking and understanding of the concepts from the text.
Issues this Best Practice Addresses:
This Best Practice was developed to increase student engagement and to encourage all students to be an active part of developing understanding while reading.
Major Challenges to Implementation:
One challenge to this Best Practice is being able to allocate the idea of who is in “control.”
Benefits Derived from Implementing this Best Practice:
Students become actively engaged, excited, and work in teams.
Evidence Illustrating Success:
Increased student participation, increased student attentiveness, and increased student motivation, along with students increasing their understanding of the concepts, skills, and reading.
Submitted by: Emily McNiff, Cowan Elementary School