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How to Facilitate Group Discussions Effectively - Coggle Diagram
How to Facilitate Group Discussions Effectively
Prepare for discussion
plan on how to conduct the discussion by doing some careful planning and having a clear objective or goal.
help students prepare for the discussion by asking the students to bring their own questions and suggest key concept or themes for students to focus on
establish ground rules for students to be active listener and pay attention.
ask students to state their names before their begin speaking.
starting a discussion
ask students to contribute ideas related to the discussion topic
Pose an opening question and give students a few minutes to record an answer. The process enable students to generate new ideas as well as questions.
refer to questions you distributed and ask them which question they found difficult
encouraging students participants
create an inclusive discussion environment so that the students feel safe to contribute
give students low stake opportunities to think and discuss content
limit your own involvements and try to avoid temptation to talk too much
try to encourage students to develop their own ideas and respond to each other.
examples of phrases to take part in academic discussions
to give opinions : i think ...
to give others the chance to speak : can we hear from other people
to invite others to contribute : let's hear from...
to agree: that's a good point
to disagree: i'm not sure about that
to set aim: our goal for today is...
to set the timetable: we'll spend few minutes to...
to sum up: so, to sum up everything....