Facilitating Discussions in STEM Classes - Part I

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Friday January 30, 2015
      10:00 am - 11:30 am
  • Location: Wilby Room, Library
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Contact

Carol Subiño Sullivan, Ph.D.
csubino@cetl.gatech.edu
(404)385-1355

Summaries

Summary Sentence: This workshop will examine the evidence for how discussions positively impact student learning and become familiar with several evidence-based techniques for facilitating discussions in STEM classes.

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Classroom discussions are valuable for helping students in STEM fields reflect on their emerging understanding, make predictions and apply ideas and tools to analysis and problem solving as well as developing skills in collaboration, teamwork and effective leadership.  In this workshop, participants will examine the evidence for how discussions positively impact student learning and become familiar with several evidence-based techniques for facilitating discussions in STEM classes.

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Additional Information

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Groups

Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Graduate students
Categories
Career/Professional development, Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium, Training/Workshop
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Status
  • Created By: Chaohua Ou
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jan 15, 2015 - 1:17pm
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:20pm