Tag: strategies
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Keeping up with the Conversation: The Jigsaw
The first strategy of a five-part post about discussion strategies. These five strategies will help students to improve small group communication while also allowing them to synthesize important course content in large group discussions. It is appropriate and fair to see setting up discussions as one of the most difficult instructional strategies in our lessons. […]
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Planning for Reader Success
Three strategies to improve student preparation for class you can use right now. Planning out readings for my courses is relatively easy. It takes time, but it isn’t a cumbersome process. I’ve learned that the why of what I assigned is reliant on me being explicit about the purpose of what I need students to […]
Patrick R. Johnson, MJE 