Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Johnsen, Heidi L

Titel

Making Class Participation Patterns Visible with Pebbles

Ist Teil von

• Teaching English in the two-year college, 2012-12, Vol.40 (2), p.192

Ort / Verlag

Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Literature Online (LION)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• For years now I have used a simple exercise that I call the pebble activity to effectively disrupt a fixed participation pattern or at least make students more aware of their own class participation rate and how that affects the class. Over the years, I have learned a few tips to make the exercise run smoothly. * A seven-to ten-minute focused freewrite on the discussion topic before starting helps everyone collect their thoughts. * Giving rule 1 some weight by making it equal to a quiz or other class points is a good motivator. * The exercise is most effective when done in the first half of the semester.