Discussion in the college classroom : getting your students engaged and participating in person and online / Jay R. Howard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howard, Jay R., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teaching.

Seminars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Keep students engaged and actively learning with focused, relevant discussion Second only to lecture as the most widely used instructional strategy, there's no better method than classroom discussion to actively engage students with course material. Most faculty are not aware that there is an extensive body of research on the topic from which instructors can learn to facilitate exceptional classroom discussion. Discussion in the College Classroom is a practical guide which utilizes that research, frames it sociologically, and offers advice, along with a wide variety of strategies, to help you

Contents:

Introduction : why bother with classroom discussion?

Is anyone really paying attention?

The challenge of dominant talkers

Students' differing definitions of the classroom

Making online discussion work

To grade or not to grade? and other conundrums.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118571743

1118571746

OCLC:

907950901