Levels of Engagement
Students who are engaged:
Learn at high levels and have a profound grasp of what they learn
Retain what they learn
Transfer what they learn to new contexts
Students who are strategically compliant:
Learn at high levels but have a superficial grasp of what they learn
Do not retain what they learn
Usually cannot transfer what they learn from one context to another
Students who are ritually compliant:
Learn only at low levels and have a superficial grasp of what they learn
Do not retain what they learn
Seldom can transfer what they learn from one context to another
Students who are in retreat:
Do not participate and therefore learn little or nothing from the task or activity assigned
Students who are in rebellion:
Learn little or nothing from the task or activity assigned
Sometimes learn a great deal from what they elect to do (though rarely that which was expected)
Develop poor work habits and sometimes develop negative attitudes toward intellectual tasks and formal education
Resources: This information is from Phillip C. Schlechty’s Working On The Work and Schlechty Center Website
http://www.schlechtycenter.org/