Share Explicitly state ground rules for classroom and lab behavior to ensure all students feel comfortable and to discourage certain students from dominating discourse. with FacebookShare Explicitly state ground rules for classroom and lab behavior to ensure all students feel comfortable and to discourage certain students from dominating discourse. with Twitter Uncomfortable students will feel more comfortable speaking up if class discussion is not being dominated by one or two students. More about this tip Tags Student-Student Interaction External Source "Using Departmental Surveys to Assess Computing Culture: Quantifying Gender Differences in the Classroom" by Lisa Meeden, Tia Newhall, Doug Blank, and Deepak Kumar, under "6. Impetus for Change" Other Tips By Other Tips By Deepak Kumar Tia Newhall Doug Blank Deepak Kumar