Suggestion 81. Encourage students to make presentations to the class

IF YOU WANT TO:

• Invite students to share their knowledge and experiences

• Encourage student participation

• Draw upon the ideas of students

Encouraging students to make presentations to class.

"Sometimes students will come up after class and pose an interesting question or make an insightful comment," says one social science professor. "Often I encourage those students to pursue the topic in more detail and then make a brief presentation to the class. When possible, I try to get several students with complementary experiences to work together on project of this kind."

This teacher assists the students in preparing their presentation and then gives them 10 to 15 minutes of lecture time. In his lower division class, two groups of students recently made presentations which were based on a combination of their experiences and those reported in assigned readings.

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