My 3rd period Algebra 1 class has been a bit difficult recently so I tried something a bit different in order to engage them. Recognizing that they didn't want to listen to me at all I decided to put the onus on them: they need to get the agenda done in order to get full credit for the day and they can facilitate how they want. Mostly that meant a student leading through my slides with them working in their teams, asking me questions here and there.
This is by no means a perfect system: many students were doing little to no work. But there were actually more students working and listening than when I was leading class. I am currently working on a student guide so that they can do this more explicitly in a way that is helpful to them. We'll see how it goes.
This is by no means a perfect system: many students were doing little to no work. But there were actually more students working and listening than when I was leading class. I am currently working on a student guide so that they can do this more explicitly in a way that is helpful to them. We'll see how it goes.
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