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DiscussionModel

Is about

Thisisaninstructionalstrategythatinvolvesstudentssharingideasaboutacommontopic.Ibelievethiswouldbeveryusefultouseinaliteratureclass
orahistoryclass.

Theory

ComesfromtheCognitivelearningtheory
thatstudentslearnbetterbyusing
languageandcommunication.
CanalsobelinkedtoVygotskyifusing
groupwork,orusingsocialinteractionto
gainadeeperknowledge.
Alsobasedonthesociallearningtheory
byutilizingsocialinteractiontoconstruct
knowledge.

Assessment

Studentsunderstandingofthetopiccan
beassessedinatraditionalwaysuchas
shortansweroressay.
Makestudentsshowevidencetosupport
theirargument.
Makingstudentssupportanddefendtheir
argumentwillassesstheircriticalthinking
ability.
Usingsystematicobservationscanassess
thesocialdevelopmentaspect.

Planning

IdentifyingTopics
Pickatopicthatcanbearguedfrom
differentsides.
SpecifyingLearningObjectives
First,youwantyourstudentstothink
deeperandmoreanalytically.
Second,youwantdiscussiontoprovide
practiceofcriticalthinking.
Thirdly,discussionshouldcontributeto
socialdevelopment.
DevelopingStudentKnowledge
Discussionshouldfollowalesson
EstablishingStructure
Givestudentsdirection

Modification

Foryoungerchildren,materialsneedtobe
concreteandeasytoaccess.
Basicsocialskillsshouldbeemphasized
foryoungerchildren.
Technologycanalsobeusedtomodifythe
material.Electronicscanbeusedasthe
mediumforwhichdiscussiontakesplace.

Implementing

Introduction
Theteacherpresentsanissueand
discussionstarter.
Exploration
Studentsexplorethetopic,clarifytheir
thinking,andtakeaposition.
Closure
Majorpointsinthediscussionare
summarized.

Motivation

Studentsgenerallyexperiencesomeform
ofsuccessingroupactivitieswhichiskey
tomotivation.
Involvementisalsoaverybigmotivating
factor.
Studentsarealsomotivatedtosupportand
defendtheiropinionsontopics.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

Thismodelisgreatforhelpingstudentsdevelopandsupporttheiropinions.Thispromotescriticalthinkingandgivesstudentsthe
opportunitytohearmanydifferentargumentsandviewpointsonatopic.Couldbemostutilizedinahistoryorliteratureclass
whereopinionsontopicscanbediscussed.

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