Improving Classroom Discussion (Quick Reference Guide)

Improving classroom discussion begins with transforming the roles of students and teachers. Author Jackie Acree Walsh details four crucial teaching practices to help students take a leading role in their learning:

1. Establish expectations
2. Identify and develop student skills
3. Select forms and structures for engagement
4. Stimulate, support, and sustain student thinking and speaking

Filled with tips, strategies, and examples, this guide can show any teacher how to better help students speak and listen to one another in ways that help them make meaning and increase their understanding.

This 8.5" x 11" multi-panel guide is laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage. Buy singles or save 10% on a pack of 25.

• Questioning Strategies to Activate Student Thinking (Quick Reference Guide)
• Total Participation Techniques to Engage Students (Quick Reference Guide)
• Designing and Using Essential Questions (Quick Reference Guide)
• Giving Students Effective Feedback
• Rubrics for Formative Assessment and Grading (Quick Reference Guide)
• Understanding Differentiated Instruction (Quick Reference Guide)
• Managing Your Classroom with Restorative Practices (Quick Reference Guide)
• The Formative Assessment Learning Cycle (Quick Reference Guide)
• Gradual Release of Responsibility in the Classroom (Quick Reference Guide)
• Getting Started with Project Based Learning (Quick Reference Guide)