We’ve all been there. We pose a question to the class and we hope that someone will volunteer an answer or an opinion, but more often than we’d like, our attempts to get students to participate in class are met with students avoiding eye contact and awkward silences. So how can we, as instructors, motivate undergraduate STEM students to participate in class? Here are some methods that could prove successful in increasing student participation in your classrooms.
Tags: classroom discussions • Engaging students • Higher Education, • undergraduate biology education