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An instructional strategy that promotes higher level thinking, as well as working on social skills. Students work in groups to bounce ideas off of each other, and then come together as a whole for discussion. This model allows students to have a voice and an opinion.

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Discussionstrategies

An instructional strategy that promotes higher level thinking, as well as working on social skills. Students work in groups to bounce ideas off of each other, and then come together as a whole for discussion. This model allows students to have a voice and an opinion.

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Hierarchic: 4 Main Ideas

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Name: Jessica Richardson

2008 Edwin Ellis, All Rights Reserved Published by Makes Sense Strategies, LLC, Northport, AL www.MakesSenseStrategies.com

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Discussion

Is about

Aninstructionalstrategythatpromoteshigherlevelthinking,aswellasworkingonsocialskills.Studentsworkingroupstobounceideasoff
ofeachother,andthencometogetherasawholefordiscussion.
Main idea

Planning

IdentifyLearningobjectives:
pickatopicthatdoesnothavea
clearrightorwronganswer.Most
topicsarecontroversial.Have
clearexpectationsforthe
students.
DevelopBackground
knowledge:studentsneed
knowledgeofatopicsoassigning
thediscussionafteralessonis
mostbeneficial.
Identifydiscussionstarters:
single,specificsomewhat
controversialtopic..Havea
handoutwithquestionstarters
available.
Structuringdiscussion:whole
grouporinsmallergroups.

Main idea

Implementing

Phase1:IntroductionAttract

studentsattentionwith
discussionstartersand
introducetheissues.
Phase2:Explorationdebates,
roleplaying,etcisveryhelpful
inthisphasebecausestudents
supportandrefuteideas.
Studentsareengagedand
involved.Keepstudentson
taskandfocuses.
Phase3:Closurereviewand
summarizemajorpoints.Why
doyoubelievetype
questions.

Main idea

Assessment

Studentsneedtobeableto
analyzeandevaluateideas.
Essaysandshortanswershelp
assessifthestudentsknowthe
informationandsynthesize
whattheylearned.
Socialinteractionassessment
isbasedonyourobservations.
Checklistsmaybeused.

Main idea

Motivation

Thismodelallowsstudentsto
haveavoiceandanopinion.
Debatescanincreasestudent
involvementandgivestudents
couragetospeakinfrontof
theirpeers.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

Thismodelhelpsstudentsreallyunderstandthewhyofdifferentissues.Studentsmustberespectfultotheirpeersandbeabletoaccept
criticism.Studentsseeotherviewpointsthattheymightnotnormallyworldhave.

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