Questions tagged [class-participation]
For questions about participation from students in the classroom setting, either motivating them to do so or working with issues related to their participation.
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Encouraging class participation
I teach calculus to college students, and find it very difficult to get them to speak up in class when I ask questions, or when I'm trying to get a pulse for how much they understand. I think ...
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What are some activities/projects I can assign to calculus students from bio/chem/physics majors to specifically motivate their interest?
(This question was proposed during the area51 phase.)
It's common for chemistry/biology/physics majors to be required to take certain calculus courses. At my school, chem/bio students must take up ...
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Keeping quicker students engaged and interested throughout a course
In a college math course one is bound to find a fairly broad range of students in terms of their quickness in understanding the material. This is due to many reasons, including differing mathematical ...
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How To Help a Quiet Class
This term I am teaching a very quiet precalculus class. I am having trouble getting students to answer questions or respond to verbal prompts, even questions I know they can answer. What I initially ...
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How to randomly call on students to present HW? (without students losing motivation , and high probability everyone presents)
Assume you have decided to call on students to present HW solutions in your course. For educators who have done this before, how do you implement this and why? There are a few problems I can imagine ...
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