• Five Techniques for Better Class Discussions🔍
• Building Effective Classroom Discussions🔍
• Effective Classroom Discussions🔍
• How to Set the Stage for Challenging Classroom Discussions🔍
• How to Begin and End Classroom Discussions🔍
• Leading Effective Class Discussions🔍
• 24 ideas for creating a discussion|rich classroom🔍
• Discussion Guidelines🔍

Five Techniques for Better Class Discussions | Faculty Focus

I highlight five techniques, all of which should be preceded by co-creating community guidelines with students on the first day of class.

Building Effective Classroom Discussions

Managing class discussions effectively begins by establishing ground rules for respectful communication and active listening.

Effective Classroom Discussions

Productive classroom discussions—those that enable students to invent, create, imagine, take risks, and dig for deeper meanings—can only take place in a climate ...

Effective Classroom Discussions - ASCD

Effective Classroom Discussions · Listen, Attend, Apprehend · Clarify What Students Mean · Give Students Time · Appreciate Students' Ideas.

Response: Effective Classroom Discussions Don't Happen 'Magically'

This episode offers practical, proven strategies for cultivating classroom discussions that yield energetic participation from students.

How to Set the Stage for Challenging Classroom Discussions

Creating a safer space for students to engage with controversial topics starts with shared norms like "assume best intentions" and "show ...

How to Begin and End Classroom Discussions - Moore English

These steps are simple and straightforward but guarantee that all students begin on similar footing and enter discussion with something to reference.

Leading Effective Class Discussions - Duke Learning Innovation

A wide range of ideas and activities suggested by Duke faculty to effectively prepare, lead, and assess class discussions and deal with common issues.

24 ideas for creating a discussion-rich classroom - Ditch That Textbook

10 discussion strategies to use in class tomorrow · 1. Sentence stems · 2. Friends without Pens · 3. Think-Pair-Share (and variations) · 4. Number Talks · 5.

Discussion Guidelines - Teaching + Learning Lab - MIT

Discussion guidelines set expectations for participant behavior during small group or whole-class interaction. They also ensure that the class environment is ...

Facilitating Discussions | Instructional Methods | Teaching Guides

Be explicit about your goals (and hopes) for class discussions. Tell students how you expect they will prepare for discussions. Consider asking students to ...

Facilitating Discussion | Teaching and Learning Resource Center

What makes a good class discussion? The following quotes from midterm feedback of Ohio State instructors provide insights from the student point of view: In ...

Classroom Discussions | Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education

When students are encouraged to ask thoughtful questions, give reflective responses, and challenge each other using reasoned arguments within ...

9 Classroom Discussion Strategies for Engaging All Students - HMH

Here are some classroom discussion strategies that can help you to engage all students while keeping them on track.

Facilitating Classroom Discussion | Center for Teaching Excellence

Keep Discussion Organized and Focused. Classroom discussions can sometimes ebb and flow in surprising ways, but it is important to keep students focused on the ...

Facilitating Online Discussions in Google Classroom - Listenwise Blog

Setting Up Online Discussions in Google Classroom ... Make sure that “students can reply to each other” and “students can edit answer” are both ...

Class Discussion Strategies - UNC Learning Center

This handout will help you optimize classroom conversations, whether online or in person. Although every class will have its own conversational dynamics.

Discussions - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University

What questions will I pose to spark or guide discussion? to encourage deeper analysis? Will I open the discussion to the entire class or ask students to discuss ...

Engaging Students in Discussion

Engaging students in classroom discussions can be a difficult task, but a successful implementation results in greater productivity both inside and outside the ...

Bust a Talk Move!: Elementary Classroom Discussions

Strategies to get our youngest learners thinking—and talking about texts ... A teacher facilitates a discussion with her elementary school ...