Initial Idea
I was tasked to consider an area of interest. Initially, I narrowed it down to increase classroom participation. Because I am teaching a program with many practical application aspects, it is important that students are regularly applying what they’ve learned before entering the field. Students however have expressed reservations about role-plays in front of the classroom. They have also expressed discomfort and participating in classroom discussion. I have been working around this by allowing people to practice in pairs and to provide feedback which I then summarize and share with the entire class. As for discussion, I have been using tools that allow students to share in written form in real time. Ideally, my research question would explore how to increase the amount of classroom participation, both via role-plays in front of the class, as well as increased classroom discussion.
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