While full-class oral discussions may be beneficial for some students, there may also be others in classrooms who may feel uncomfortable with participating in discussions such as these for a myriad of reasons. These reasons often extend beyond the negative assumption of students not caring about classroom content. In my own classroom, one discussion practice that I have had the opportunity to utilize with success is that of a “silent discussion,” a discussion that is both independent and silent, while allowing for written interaction amongst peers. Breaking down barriers for students and allowing for greater opportunities for active engagement through a silent discussion may serve students well and may allow educators a better opportunity t...
The purpose of this study is to examine how primary school teachers work with the oral communicative...
What does it take to facilitate a good classroom discussion? This paper does not set out to give a d...
This article examines the importance of effective communication in the classroom. The ability to com...
Discussion is a vital component of the scientific process and dialogic learning opportunities suppor...
This presentation explores students’ reluctance to engage in authentic classroom discussions surroun...
Classroom discussion has the potential to enhance the learning environment and encourages students t...
As a student teacher, I already have a fair idea of how classroom discussion works: some students pa...
Classroom observations are an important source of information about teaching and about the practice ...
In Western societies, school pedagogies tend to be biased in favour of talk and emphasise the links ...
Since discussions can improve students\u27 ability to evaluate the logic of positions that they and ...
Long gone are the days when we might, as educators, expect – or desire – children to be silent in cl...
Faculty often wish to engage students in class discussion, but sometimes our efforts fall flat and w...
<p>This paper investigates the importance for pupils’ learning of being generally visibly active par...
This talk considered why students might decide to remain silent in language classes and the implicat...
With the relentless increase in the number of converter academies, the already fragmented secondary ...
The purpose of this study is to examine how primary school teachers work with the oral communicative...
What does it take to facilitate a good classroom discussion? This paper does not set out to give a d...
This article examines the importance of effective communication in the classroom. The ability to com...
Discussion is a vital component of the scientific process and dialogic learning opportunities suppor...
This presentation explores students’ reluctance to engage in authentic classroom discussions surroun...
Classroom discussion has the potential to enhance the learning environment and encourages students t...
As a student teacher, I already have a fair idea of how classroom discussion works: some students pa...
Classroom observations are an important source of information about teaching and about the practice ...
In Western societies, school pedagogies tend to be biased in favour of talk and emphasise the links ...
Since discussions can improve students\u27 ability to evaluate the logic of positions that they and ...
Long gone are the days when we might, as educators, expect – or desire – children to be silent in cl...
Faculty often wish to engage students in class discussion, but sometimes our efforts fall flat and w...
<p>This paper investigates the importance for pupils’ learning of being generally visibly active par...
This talk considered why students might decide to remain silent in language classes and the implicat...
With the relentless increase in the number of converter academies, the already fragmented secondary ...
The purpose of this study is to examine how primary school teachers work with the oral communicative...
What does it take to facilitate a good classroom discussion? This paper does not set out to give a d...
This article examines the importance of effective communication in the classroom. The ability to com...