Teaching · For Tutors

How engaged was the student, really? Count it.

Glance at a steady interval and tap what the student is doing at that moment. Add four signs of engagement and what helped. The summary gives the share of time actively working, compared with your goal.

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The engagement log

One record per student and session. Use initials or a code, never a name. The example is made up.

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What you get

Teaching · For Tutors$19 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
For each session, the share of checks actively working, attending and off task, signs of engagement, what helped and what to change next time.
Who it is for
Tutors, and teachers working one to one or with small groups, who want a fair picture of engagement over several sessions.
Format
Browser form used during the session. Several saved sessions per student, to compare in the CSV; printed or as a blank tally sheet; export and import a file.
Access
$19 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Tutoring business kit ($69) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The For Tutors space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about an order, access or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.
a glance, a tap, every two minutes
Drawn for this page. Quick checks at a steady interval give a fairer picture than a general impression at the end.

How to use it

  1. Start a record with the student’s initials or a code and the date.
  2. Choose the activity, how often to glance and your goal.
  3. At each glance, tap what the student is doing at that moment.
  4. Rate the four signs and mark what helped.
  5. Compare sessions to see which supports go with better engagement.

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What the log is for

Why quick checks

A general impression at the end of a session is shaped by the last ten minutes. Checking at a steady interval, and recording only what the student is doing at that moment, gives a fairer estimate of the whole session.

Active, not just quiet

A student who is quietly listening is attending, but learning tends to follow active work: solving, writing, explaining. Tracking the two separately shows whether the session gives the student enough to do.

What this is not

It does not assess attention or diagnose anything. It describes one session so you can adjust the next one.

Sources

  1. Fredricks, J. A., Blumenfeld, P. C., and Paris, A. H. (2004). School engagement: potential of the concept, state of the evidence. Review of Educational Research, 74(1), 59 to 109.
  2. Chi, M. T. H., and Wylie, R. (2014). The ICAP framework: linking cognitive engagement to active learning outcomes. Educational Psychologist, 49(4), 219 to 243.
  3. Hintze, J. M., Volpe, R. J., and Shapiro, E. S. (2002). Best practices in the systematic direct observation of student behavior. In Best Practices in School Psychology IV. NASP.
  4. Briesch, A. M., Chafouleas, S. M., and Riley-Tillman, T. C. (2010). Generalizability and dependability of behavior assessment methods to estimate academic engagement. Journal of School Psychology, 48(3), 207 to 227.

The example student is made up. The log describes one session; it does not assess attention. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.