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- Alternative discussion formats
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 1
- Formal debates and question-and-answer discussions are great, but these alternative discussion formats will liven up your classroom and get students really thinking.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: A public relations campaign
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 4
- By creating a PR campaign for a historial or literary figure, students can practice a wide range of thinking skills.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: History and literature on trial
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 3
- Putting historical or literary figures on trial makes a lively and challenging alternative to a class debate.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: Monuments and memorials
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 5
- Creating monuments or memorials for historical and literary figures encourages students to think creatively and provides a lively structure for an in-class discussion.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: Museum exhibit design
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 6
- Designing museum exhibits encourages students to think creatively and to use a wide range of thinking skills.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Alternative discussion formats: The talk show
- In Alternative discussion formats, page 2
- The talk show is a format with which students are already familiar, and it provides the structure for a great discussion.
- By Kathryn Walbert.
- Balancing order and learning in classroom discussions
- In The First Year, page 3.6
- Different learning objectives require different rules for student participation. Make your expectations for each day's class clear to students — and to yourself!
- By Kristi Johnson Smith.
- Caucusing in the middle school classroom
- In Arts of persuasion, page 1
- Caucusing enables students to practice the elements of responsible citizenship, including persuasive writing and speaking.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
- Debates in the middle school classroom
- In Arts of persuasion, page 2
- A plan for staging a debate, including choosing a topic, "debate do's," and assessment.
- By Pamela Myrick and Sharon Pearson.
