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Tracy Barger wrote: > >One method I have found successful is an assessment scale for class >discussions. A few students are chosen at random to discuss a particular >topic. The teacher and other students grade the participants based on >their discussion. They gain points for good contributions, inclusion of >other group members, personal examples, and positive attitudes. They lose >points for negativity, poor preparation, irrelevant comments, and few >comments. One variation on this is to have both process observers as Tracy describes and content observers, students who summarize the content of the discussion. They can summarize at the end the key points, which everyone writes for notes. Two birds are killed with one discussion. Tom Morton Vancouver, British Columbia tmorton@iSTAR.ca --------End of Unsent Message
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