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The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies

…discussions in small groups, where one person per group acts as the “character” and three or four others ask them questions. In another variation, several students could form a panel of different characters, taking questions from the class all together and interacting with one another like guests on a TV talk show. Snowball Discussion > a.k.a. Pyramid Discussion Basic Structure: Students begin in pairs, responding to a discussion question only with a single partner. After each person has had a chance to share their ideas, the pair joins another pair, creating a group of four. Pairs share their ideas with the pair…

Delaying the Grade: How to Get Students to Read Feedback

…only did I feel like I had wasted my time, I felt like they just didn’t care. And then the snowball of thoughts would start: How will they survive if they don’t care about feedback? What’s going to happen in college? Or when they get jobs? Ugh! I’m done! After dealing with this for about nine years, I couldn’t take it anymore. I either had to get over it or fix it. Since I’m not usually one to give up, I set out to find a way to get my students to actually read their feedback and care less about…

Episode 42: Kindergarten Redshirting

…overall life satisfaction; in other words, how happy they were in general. I think her research makes an important contribution to the discussion of kindergarten redshirting, so I interviewed her for this episode. Before I play the interview, I want to thank those of you who have left a review for this podcast on iTunes. Every review helps to bring more listeners to the show, and I know everyone is busy, so I really appreciate you taking the time to go to iTunes and leave those reviews. If you’re just hearing this podcast for the first time, I would love…

Icebreakers that Rock

…further developed to have people interact with more than just one person–perhaps through the snowball discussion model, or doing a few different rounds with increasingly meaningful questions with different partners each time. Jan I need this, and will use the concentric circles today! I teach “credit deficient Seniors” at an alternative school. Their fears of revealing themselves is so powerful. I used to be so shy and insecure that I try to take it slow, and not assume they are outgoing like I now am! Thanks so much. Pamela I work as an instructional coach, teacher of teachers. I’m always…

Rewrite the Story You Tell Yourself About Teaching

…would be to have a large number of parents request to have their students moved out of my class. This kind of thing can have a snowball effect, and to have it happen so close to retirement would be a terrible way to end your teaching career. The good news is, you still have about 5 months left. In that time you could just coast, counting the days until it’s over and you can move on to something else. Or you could completely turn things around. I vote for option B. So how do you do that? I would recommend…