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Watch Professor C. Roland “Chris” Christensen lead a discussion as the group analyzes a teaching case centering on how much help and instructor should provide a student. Christensen’s own mastery of discussion leading provides a…

“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…

“A new study finds that undergraduate students in classes with traditional stand-and-deliver lectures are 1.5 times more likely to fail than students in classes that use more stimulating, so-called active learning methods.”

Evaluating student participation in discussion can be difficult. “Many instructors will argue that student participation in class is important. But what’s the difference between participation and engagement? What does good participation or engagement…