The Mechanics of Class Participation
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Points of Interest
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Lendol Calder | Jan 12, 2018
One of the most widely used strategies to increase participation in class discussions is an activity called Think/Pair/Share. The technique is effecti... -
Never Too Far Away
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Susan Rhoades Neel | Jan 12, 2018
Student engagement is a particularly difficult challenge in history courses offered through Utah State University (USU)’s interactive video conferenci... -
A Dot Matrix
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Charles S. Young | Jan 12, 2018
Napoleon admired the dangerous chances soldiers took for bits of ribbon. I get students to take risks for dots on paper.Large survey courses are the h... -
Are We Giving Students Something Worthwhile to Talk About?
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David A. Gerber | Jan 12, 2018
I struggled for years to stimulate classroom discussion in undergraduate courses, and mostly was unsuccessful. I alternately blamed the students and t...
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Introduction
Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt | Jan 12, 2018
We’ve all been there. Our syllabus specifies that a percentage of the course grade will be based on ...