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FOSTERING STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN CLASS AMY SPRINKLE, Senior TA Plant Soil Sciences MICHAEL STURM, Senior TA Individual Family Studies 2007 Teaching Assistant Conference University of Delaware SESSION OUTLINE Session goals and process Icebreakers to facilitate participation Why student participation is important Buzz group activity Gallery walk activity Case study assessment SESSION ICEBREAKER Share your name, where you are from and the department where you will be serving as a TA. Think back to your years spent in the classroom as a student. Identify one instructor whose behavior or actions inhibited your participation as a student in their class. Identify the behavior or action that created an obstacle for you. NOTE: To ensure anonymity, do not identify the instructor by name. ICEBREAKERS AND STUDENT PARTICIPATION Icebreaker – an exercise designed to get the discussion flowing and to further demonstrate the seriousness of an instructor’s intent to promote discussion Icebreakers can be used to: activate prior knowledge discuss or illustrate class concepts WHY STUDENT PARTICIPATION IS IMPORTANT Involvement with the material, other students, and the instructor is key to student learning. Student participation and subsequent learning must include reading, writing, discussion, and active problem solving. As student involvement in class / class experiences increases, the greater their knowledge and grasp of material. OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT STUDENT PARTICIPATION Buzz Group Activity: Form a group of 4-5. Brainstorm a list of potential obstacles that prevent students from participating in college courses. Now link your group to another in the room. Review your list of obstacles with the new group members. Finally, generate some reasons as to why these obstacles exist. OBSTACLES THAT PREVENT STUDENT PARTICIPATION Boredom Disinterest in topic or subject matter Embarrassment Fatigu