This document provides guidance on leading effective discussions and dealing with common roadblocks. It discusses establishing clear expectations, encouraging participation, addressing student confusion, asking appropriate questions, handling controversial topics and distracting behaviors. Tips include being prepared, maintaining neutrality, acknowledging all viewpoints, implementing time limits, and ending with a concise summary. The overall message is to be proactive in cultivating an engaging and inclusive discussion environment.
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Peter Willmot and Billy Done
School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
(Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow)
Loughborough University,
United Kingdom
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4–8 September 2015
Elenite Holiday Village, Bulgaria
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Intelligent behavior should be modeled and taught in the classrooms. The goal is to see students develop these skills. In the following pages, there will be examples of these behaviors and a classroom implementation.
Peter Willmot and Billy Done
School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
(Higher Education Academy National Teaching Fellow)
Loughborough University,
United Kingdom
Education, Research & Development
6th International Conference
4–8 September 2015
Elenite Holiday Village, Bulgaria
www.sciencebg.net
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2. Leading Effective Discussions:
Dealing with Roadblocks
I. Basic Rules for Leading Discussions
II. Silence
III. Student Confusion
IV. Inappropriate Questions
V. Controversial Topics
VI. Distracting Behaviors
VII. The “Know-It-All”
VIII. Ending the Discussion
3. Basic Rules for Leading
Discussions
• Be excited
• Be prepared
• Set clear expectations
• Learn names
– Icebreakers & Warm-ups
– Informally chat before/after lectures & discussion sections
• Share your agenda (briefly) at the start of each class
• Review course topics for the week
• Encourage participation…?
4. Silence
• Establish ground rule that everyone should
participate
– It’s important to hear everyone’s ideas and opinions
• Review week’s topics
• Require reaction papers
• Have students email questions or things of interest
before class
• Assign discussion leaders for each class
beforehand
“The Pre-emptive Strike”
5. Silence
• Is it an issue of clarity?
– Mini review of the week’s topics
– Ask an easier question first; rephrase question
– Provide clear examples (prepared beforehand if possible)
• Call on individual students
• Use strategic eye contact to encourage
participation
• Break students into discussion groups (2-3 people)
“Fixing’ What’s Broken”
6. Silence
• Shy students
– Pose non-threatening questions that don’t require great detail
or a correct response
– Engage students outside of class
• Wait…is it you?
– Are you talking to much?
– Are you answering your own questions?
– Are you being too opinionated and not allowing space for
students to speak freely?
– Do you wait long enough to allow students to think, then speak?
(3 - 5 sec)
“Fixing’ What’s Broken”
7. Student Confusion
• Confusion from the TA
– Review and prepare before section
– Watch for rambling
– Watch for inaccessible language
– Rephrase (see “Inappropriate Questions”)
– Use concrete examples & metaphors to explain a phenomenon
• Course content confusion
– Ask students for any questions concerning the lecture(s) at the
beginning of each discussion section
– Ask professor to review unclear topics at the start of next class
– Strongly encourage professors to outline the grading system
and course assignments for the entire quarter
8. Inappropriate Questions
• Guess what I’m Thinking…
– “What should researchers do to explore this question further?”
– “What could researchers do to explore this question further?”
• Yes/No questions
– “Do you think that this method effectively addresses the
problem?
– “Why do you think the researchers employed this method to
investigate the problem?
9. Inappropriate Questions
• Rhetorical questions
– “In research, don’t we have a responsibility to take into
account the cultural differences that participants bring into
the lab?”
– “What arguments, pros & cons, can we generate to account
for cultural differences in our research design?”
• Informational-retrieval questions
– “What was the method?”
– “How does the method used in this study compare to
previous studies on this topics?”
10. Controversial Topics
• Set ground rules
– The value or respectful tones
– The value of other’s opinion (regardless of your own)
– The value in healthy disagreements
• Modeling respectful listening & responding
– Give people time to make their point; do not interrupt
– Do not ridicule other people's opinions, or put them down
– Consider the effect what you are saying may have on others
– Listen to and consider other people's opinions
– Be aware that body language, as well as what you say, can
affect others.
11. Controversial Topics
• Maintain a neutral role
• Handling arguments or clashes
– Restate the essence of each person’s viewpoint
– If appropriate, state that the difference can’t be resolved here
and that you need to move on with the agenda
– Tense atmosphere – call for a short break
12. Distracting Behaviors
• Rambling discussions
– Politely ask student(s) how comment relates to current
discussion
– Politely return to discussion topics
– Ask class for cooperation in staying on topic
• Off the point comments or discussions; raising
topics that will be discussed later
– Affirm student(s), but move on quickly
• Side conversations
– Pause without looking directly at those talking
– If conversation continues, ask students if they have a question
or issue to raise to the entire class
– Continued conversation throughout class: talk to student(s)
after class or send a polite email addressing the issue
13. The “Know-It All”
• Eye-contact strategy
– Breaking eye contact with a speaker and scanning the room
can distribute the speakers communication through the class
– Works well to stop long-winded students from continued talking
• Acknowledge, encourage, then discuss the issue of
“air-time” with problem student(s)
• Assign talkative student(s) a specific role
• Implement time limits for comments
14. Ending the Discussion
• Ending the discussion
– Take notes – jot down notes from the discussion and use to
summarize the session
– Ask for any final comments or questions
– When possible, attribute comments to students who originally
made them
• Summarize with 2-3 points (only) – broad themes
– Remark on how the discussion progressed, the issues
discussed, and other issues to be addressed later
– Ask for questions of clarification from professor
• Set up class for the following week
– What questions or issues should they keep in mind?
15. Leading Effective Discussions
• Be prepared
• Don’t expect problems, but be pro-active in addressing
any potential issues that arise.
Conclusions