Definitions


 * Define engagement:**
 * **To be truly thought-provoking, fascinating, energizing**
 * **To pull learners deeper in to the content and learning process**
 * **To involve learners in worthy intlelectual effort**
 * **To activate learners intrinsic desire and motivation to build understanding so they propel their own learning in new and exciting ways**

Why is engagement important?

 * Because if students are engaged, they will retain what they learned.

What is Understanding?

 * to make sense of what one knows
 * to be able to know why it is so
 * to "uncover" the principles, laws, theories, or concepts underlying content facts
 * to think critically, deeply and insightfully about a topic or discipline - as an expert in the field is able to do
 * to be able to manifest complex, new knowledge through appropriate erformances
 * to be able to retain and transfer what is learned

What is retention?

 * to act of retaining knowledge or keeping concepts in mind

What is transfer?

 * to adapt/use knowledge appropriately and fruitfully in a new or different context