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Opportunities for students to read and share in class:The following website is a great resource and list an enormous amount ideas when teachers are engaging students in the classroom.Below are examples of what the website offers:
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