Discussion strategies

High school English teachers can level up their questioning strategies to involve all learners and improve even the simplest classroom discussion. Teach your high school English language arts students to create text-dependent questions, learn how to set an academic tone through questioning techniques, student centered learning, and more! #highschoolenglish #englishlanguagearts #questioningstrategies #classroomdiscussion

Every English language arts teacher needs a variety of successful, student led discussion strategies that will provide opportunities for student learning.

15 formats for structuring a class discussion to make it more engaging, organized, equitable, and academically challenging!

After years of listening to shallow student discussions, this teacher found a way to make those conversations more natural, more interesting, and more real.

Go beyond think-pair-share with ten discussion strategies that will engage your students in meaningful paired and small group discussions.

Learning is not a spectator sport! During a lesson students should have LOTS of opportunities to respond by saying, writing and doing! And by lots, they need 3-5 OTRs per minute for simple responses (verbal or gestural) and 1 OTR per minute when the OTR is more complex (think solving a multi-step math problem. Click the link to learn about FIVE ways you can get students talking in the classroom. These cooperative learning strategie are perfect for elementary, middle and hhigh school…

Classroom discussions/ accountable talk

Check out the FREE exit tickets and posters to promote active learning! Active learning isn't too far away with these 12 active learning strategies that support the learning process! Examples of active learning include class discussion, peer instruction, reciprocal questioning, game-based learning, Socratic questioning, exit tickets, and think-pair-share. Using active learning techniques encourage students to engage, solve problems, and collaborate with classmates.

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Socratic seminars have been on my secondary list for years. They just seemed so daunting. Here's how I learned to conquer them (and love them).

Habits of discussion

We live in a multicultural world; therefore, implementing culturally-responsive instructional strategies helps ensure all students can learn.. Explore this and more at TCEA TechNotes Blog, your go-to source for educational technology and teaching innovation.

Research based teaching strategies you can use today with a free printable chart.

This technique puts five students in the hot seat to debate a question while the rest of the class watches and takes notes.

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Facilitate small group discussion with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students so that they can have productive, educational, structured, and kind conversations with their peers. This "tower of talk" strategy will help your students learn to take turns answering questions and allow your quieter students to participate in a natural, conversational way. It will also keep your upper elementary students engaged! #smallgroupdiscussion #facilitateconversation #teaching

CLASS DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES: NO HIDING, NO OVERPOWERING - ELT-CATION | Teaching techniques, Teaching strategies, Teaching classroom

The teaching method Think, Pair, Share can provide a range of benefits to any classroom and subject. Here's how to use it effectively with your students.

Choosing classroom discussion strategies can be tricky because discussion is a cornerstone of reading literature. Each time students interact with a text, they engage in a conversation that began long before they will born and will continue long after graduation. My favorite discussion strategies engage students across the board. Students make unique (and sometimes unexpected) contributions during classroom discussion. For this reason, teachers have to carefully choose discussion strategies