Tag: discussion

Preparing to Teach Characteristics of Effective Case Teaching Guidelines for Effective Observation of Case Instructors In-Class Assessment of Discussion-Based Teaching. (2005). Retrieved August 10, 2016, from http://www.hbs.edu/teaching/docs/In-Class-Assessment.pdf

Maryellen Weimer Having note takers, being more focused and for less time, using the discussions, inviting students to suggest discussion topics, use better hooks to launch discussion, talk less or not at all, end with something definitive, discuss discussions and Read More …

Tips on how to guide discussion, encourage participation, assess learning and what prompts and exercises to use. [Using Class Discussion to Meet Your Teaching Goals. (2005). Newsletter on Teaching, 15.]

Guidelines for effective discussion, such as: clarify what students mean, give students time, appreciate students’ ideas, accept lack of closure and balanced classroom instruction. Selma Wassermann, S. (2010, February). Effective Classroom Discussions. Meeting Students Where They Are, 67(5).

Talking about planning and structuring discussion sessions, how to structure the physical environment, how to take of group dynamics, and what discussion formats there are out there. Kelly, M., & Stafford, K. (1993). Managing Small Group Discussion (9th ed., pp. 1-18, Publication). Read More …

Videos and teaching tips on different methods such as using votes and role playing to increase student engagement. Discussion Management: Engagement. (n.d.). Retrieved August 9, 2016, from http://www.hbs.edu/teaching/case-method-in-practice/leading-in-the-classroom/engagement.html

Harvard Business School professor and preeminent teacher C. Roland Christensen considered the art of questioning so important that he once described case method teaching as “the art of asking the right question, of the right student, at the right time—and Read More …