Research Guides: Center for Teaching Excellence: Leading Discussions

Student Engagement and Participation: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Information Resources Management Association (Editor)
Call Number: LB1025.3 .S795 2018
ISBN: 9781522525844
Publication Date: 2017-06-19
Transparent Design in Higher Education Teaching and Leadership: a guide to implementing the transparency framework institution-wide to improve learning and retention by Mary-Ann Winkelmes (Editor); Allison Boye (Editor); Suzanne Tapp (Editor); Peter Felten (Foreword by); Ashley Finley (Foreword by)
Call Number: LA227.4 .T736 2019
ISBN: 9781620368237
Publication Date: 2019-04-15
Discussion in the College Classroom by Jay R. Howard; Maryellen Weimer (Foreword by)
Call Number: LB2331 .H68 2015
ISBN: 1118571355
Elements of Discussion by David I. Backer
Call Number: LC6519 .B335 2016
ISBN: 9781681232805
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
Literary Conversations in the Classroom: deepening understanding of nonfiction and narrative by Diane Barone; Rebecca Barone; Diane Lapp (Foreword by)
Call Number: LB1575 .B34 2017
ISBN: 9780807757338
Publication Date: 2016-12-02
Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning: Theory, Practice and Assessment by Tisha Bender
Call Number: ProQuest Ebook Central
ISBN: 9781579227463
Publication Date: 2012-06-01
Controversy in the Classroom by Diana E. Hess
Call Number: LC89 .H43 2009
ISBN: 9780415962292
Discussion As a Way of Teaching by Stephen D. Brookfield; Stephen Preskill
Call Number: LB2331 .B679 2005
ISBN: 9780787978082
Speaking of Politics by Katy J. Harriger; Jill J. McMillan
Call Number: LC1091 .H27 2007
ISBN: 0923993223

The Use of a Virtual Online Debating Platform to Facilitate Student Discussion of Potentially Polarising Topics
McGreevy, P. D., Tzioumis, V., Degeling, C., Johnson, J., Brown, R., Sands, M., . . . Phillips, C. J. C. (2017). Animals, 7(9), 68.
Strategies for Training Undergraduate Teaching Assistants To Facilitate Large Active-Learning Classrooms
Ruder, S. M., & Stanford, C. (2018). Journal of Chemical Education, 95(12), 2126-2133.
Class Discussion and Class Participation: Determination of Their Relationship
Li Echiverri, L., Haoyu, S., & Keer, X. (2020). Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(11), 31-38.

Discussions
Explains how to keep discussions going, motivate participation, and evaluate discussions.
Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom (Harvard Univ.)
Suggestions for how to manage controversial or heated discussions.
Tactics for Effective Questioning
A series of suggestions excerpted from "Tools for Teaching" by Barbara Gross Davis. Page 85
The Dreaded Discussion: Ten Ways to Start
A classic article offering creative approaches to initiating an in-class discussion.
Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion (University of California-Berkeley)
Examples of methods that you can use to raise student involvement in class discussions.