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Stand or sit among your students in small group settings to encourage more student-driven discussions.

  • Avoid standing in front of the students as this can make the discussion feel more like a lecture, which may discourage discourse.

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  • Student-Faculty Interaction
  • Student-Student Interaction
  • Inquiry-Based Learning [T&LS]
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"Teaching Tips We Wish They'd Told Us Before We Started" by Dan Garcia, Owen Astrachan, Nick Parlante, and Stuart Reges.
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