Student Participation/Active Learning

Tips marked with an * indicates that the tip is consistent with learnng-centered teaching

Student Participation/Active Learning

• *Getting students to participate in class
• *Promoting class participation, discussion among the entire class
• *Student classroom participation
• *Getting more student discussion
• *Active learning within a large classroom
• *Students working together on group projects, assignments
• *Promoting class discussions
• *Getting students to participate, answer your questions
• *Promoting discussion in your class
• *Making student presentations more of a learning experience for the listeners
• *Making class discussions more of a group event
• *Helping students learn more from lectures
• *Making group presentations better and more meaningful learning experience
• *Helping students master the vocabulary and definitions in a discipline quickly
• Getting students to participate more in class
• Evaluating students on class participation
• Using brief questions to students in class
• Calling on students in class
• *Recognizing the importance of conflict and conflict resolution in student learning groups
• Students helping peers to learn better
• Getting your students to work better in groups or teams
• Introducing and reinforcing active learning
• Helping all students to share in a pair and share exercise
• Getting students to show their work or thought processes
• A way to get dominant students to allow others to talk
• Getting more students to answer your questions in class
• *Doing a cooperative, active learning debate in a 50 minute period
• *Getting students to come to class having read the assignment
• Helping students get the key points or the gist of material
• Helping all students to share in a pair and share exercise
• Helping people work in groups who feel they always do all the work in groups
• Getting and giving feedback on meaningful class participation
• Letting the classroom environment foster student participation
• Suggestions for peer and faculty assessment of participation in class or small group discussions
• Giving students credit for class work
• Are your students ready for class?
• Class participation Rubric.doc
• Asking for information from the students very early in the semester to help you meet their needs
• Getting all members of a student group to be effective team members
• Using an ice breaker at the beginning of the semester
• Getting students to engage in their reading
• Gathering formative, peer assessments for small group work
• How much time to allow students when you ask a question using clickers or another system where all students are expected to answer
• Getting students to buy in and do collaborative assignments
• Giving a consistent message about the importance of collaboration
• How to respond to the student question - Did I miss anything in class today?
• Making student groups more effective
• Getting more students to participate in class or online
• Using misconceptions clickers questions as a way to review material
• Getting students prepared for class discussions
• Establishing a positive climate for quality and frank discussions and for students to answer questions when called upon
• Helping students to realize that they learn outside of traditional venues such as lectures
• Getting students to come prepared for class and participate in class