Here are some ideas for improving classroom discussion from the ProfHacker archives.

As we approach the fall semester, one thing everyone who is returning to in-person teaching should be thinking about is how they will run discussions. Class discussions have always been complicated, ...

This Radio Rookies site lists examples of stories that may be useful to play as examples in the classroom. Transom.org is the go-to site for podcasting hopefuls in public media.

The Freeform classroom model highly emphasizes interactive and open-ended discussions, ample problem examples, demonstrations, and case studies paralleling real-world events.

Tricia Shalka offers strategies for preparing for, and leading, classroom discussions in moments of crisis and discomfort.

This can be done as a written assignment, think-pair-share activity, debate, or class discussion. Activities from the C-SPAN Classroom Deliberation site can also be used to engage students.

After a five-minute discussion about shifting functions by tweaking equations, and after jotting a few examples on the whiteboard, Kohn unpaused the app and let the students return to self-paced work.

If using a class discussion, the class brainstorm list from earlier in the lesson can be added to as students discuss new ideas. Why does misinformation spread and what can be done to limit its ...

The Nebraska and Illinois students were participating in the discussion for National Constitution Day, an annual holiday when schools are required to participate in lessons on the founding document.

Five Black high school students share stories about class conversations on race they thought went well, and those that didn't go well at all.