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Identify possible reasons a student might monopolize class and learn about possible solutions. This resource is from Carnegie Mellon’s “Solve a teaching problem” series. 

“At the heart of responding strategies is this: all students want to know that they have been heard. You don’t have to agree always with what a student has said, but it’s a good idea to acknowledge in some way that you have heard and…

Different types of questioning one might use to encourage student participation in class.

“Leading discussion sections effectively requires a lot more listening than speaking, and the speaking done by the instructor comes, in large part, through questions.”

“‘When I listen really carefully it allows me to push students hard and help them see what they have within themselves.”