The image used in this post is of a small group of students sitting in a room together, (seemingly) energetically talking about the issues at hand. This is an example of synchronous discussion—the ...

Provide (verbally and on the syllabus) clear guidelines for participation. Discuss them beforehand, stick to them, and enforce them during class. Think about what active participation means to you and ...

Few psychologists would claim that the lecture is dead but those who aspire to be good or even great teachers rely on this method less than their own teachers did. What’s taken its place? Engaging ...

To help set up your asynchronous online section, consider the following ideas: Use discussion forums for weekly interaction. Create discussion prompts each week to encourage ongoing peer engagement.

Whenever you lead a class discussion, you naturally want to see your students eagerly participating. It shows they’re engaged, and that’s surely a prerequisite for learning. But too often academics ...

Why Are Class Discussions Challenging? There are a variety of reasons that class discussions are challenging. It’s not necessarily just students being “lazy”. There could be a lot of real issues and ...

The new question of the week is: What are the best ways to organize and lead classroom discussions? Handling classroom discussions can always be tricky. How do we ensure that they are not limited to ...

“It would be hard to name a more valuable pedagogical accomplishment than the mastery of questioning, listening, and response: three teaching skills as linked, though distinct, as the panels of a ...

The way teachers manage classroom discussion with pupils plays a key role in the teaching of writing, a new study shows. The way teachers manage classroom discussion with pupils plays a key role in ...