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Brookfield, Stephen D.; Preskill, Stephen – College Teaching, 1999
Suggests five activities for the college classroom to stimulate discussion when students report results of small- group discussions to the class as a whole. The activities "newsprint dialogue," rotating small-group stations, "snowballing,""cocktail party," and "jigsaw" stress maximum student participation, interaction, and intellectual engagement.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Group Discussion, Higher Education
Wald, Penelope J.; And Others – 1994
This article presents strategies that promote responsive instruction of young children with diverse abilities during teacher-directed large group times, specifically "circle time." It uses a traditional circle time format to show how such typical activities as observing the weather can be modified to provide multisensory, multilevel, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Early Childhood Education