Continue to develop group discussion skills and to work in teams. 0401.2.13

Links verified on 10/15/2014

1. Coping With Hitchhikers and Couch Potatoes On Teams - these suggestions from the Stanford Center for Teaching and Leaning can be adapted for your students [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
2. Discussion Skills - a short course designed to improve your ability to engage in meaningful discussions in English
3. Group Discussion Skills - from an article on teaching English
4. How Polite Are You? - situational questions for whole class or group discussions.
5. How to be Good at Group Discussion - six steps with pictures
6. Isaac Newton - explore the life of Isaac Newton. Students use reference books and the Internet to investigate Newton's life. Following group discussion and individual research, students create a slide of an aspect of Isaac Newton's life
7. Roles in Groups - Read about the roles group members play and then complete the activity. [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
8. Teaching Group Discussion Skills - reasons for holding a group discussion
9. Think-Pair-Share - a cooperative discussion strategy developed by Frank Lyman and his colleagues in Maryland.

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