https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa Facilitating Productive Academic Discussion en-us 2022-05-05 02:35:35 UTC 2025-10-17 03:21:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f600.png https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180874699 Do you want to discuss with student X first and I will come back to you later. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180874699 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180875603 Give sentence starters]]> 2022-05-12 08:28:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180875603 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180876357 Get the student to share what his partner has shared during pair work. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:28:51 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180876357 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180876428 give yes/no questions]]> 2022-05-12 08:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180876428 lam_lydia https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180877916 Thank you Malini for sharing this...I think your idea of flipped learning/pre-lesson reading would really help with providing context and content! Students come ready and hopefully more confident.

Give some vocabulary words to help supplement their answers. Let them ride on their friends' answers first and drop comments as a start.]]> 2022-05-12 08:30:02 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180877916 lim_seow_joo_hwang1 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180877981 provide sentence starters or simple guiding question to get students to talk

]]> 2022-05-12 08:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180877981 sarahang_rcy https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180879233 Split the students into teams, and assign them a role using the Let's Talk Cards (e.g. person asking question / person clarifying / person restating etc.) and let them discuss a question or concept in their groups. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180879233 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180879423 Students may not know the content well enough, so we can get them do so some reading first or cover content / concepts in a previous class. 

Students may not know what to do with the huge amount of content - we can provide scaffolds to help them organise their answers / ideas, by giving them thinking steps.]]> 2022-05-12 08:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180879423 leow_pei_ying1 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880069 Get them to type out their responses on Padlet for example or write it down on a guided worksheet first so they are better prepared if they have to share. We can then get them to share with a partner first to build confidence.]]> 2022-05-12 08:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880069 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880274 Use wrong answer as a non-example and get peers to comment and respond to the mistake without being critical.]]> 2022-05-12 08:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880274 sarahang_rcy https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880529 Get students to pen down e.g. 3 things they had learnt, 2 things they wish to clarify etc. 

Perhaps get just 1 peer to comment on what they had written, and teacher collects to read through - to decide on starting point for next lesson.]]> 2022-05-12 08:32:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880529 hazeltohht https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880678 Strategically identify students to respond by calling their names during the discussion.

Use a name-randomizer to solicit responses from other students.

Can try implementing a system in class (e.g. each student gets a token and they surrender the token once they have had their turn to speak / all students must surrender their token by end of the week etc.)

Encourage the students who have done all the talking to give their classmates a chance to reflect and respond. 

]]> 2022-05-12 08:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880678 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880923 can pair them up with other students to exchange ideas / thoughts, so that they can learn from their peers and will have something to say when they are called upon.]]> 2022-05-12 08:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180880923 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180881806 Pick random student from a bunch of ice-cream sticks with their names on it. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:33:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180881806 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882386 Perhaps we can consider using ICT tools to capture students' ideas / thoughts if they are too shy / not confidence to talk in front of the whole class. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882386 lam_lydia https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882550 Allow students to have some time to formulate their answers first before opening the floor to responses.

Make use of SLS interactive tool whereby students are prompted to share and to see their names on the screen.]]> 2022-05-12 08:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882550 ravindran_jegaj https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882768 2022-05-12 08:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882768 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882938

remind them of class discussion norms

ask them to summarise someone else's response so that they have to actively listen to others in order to respond appropriately

ask them to rephrase or reword someone else's point

ask for their opinion about/build on someone else's point

ask them how their point extends or is in conflict with another point someone has raised

]]> 2022-05-12 08:34:04 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180882938 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180883056 Pick random students by selecting ice-cream sticks with their names on it. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180883056 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180883177 Teachers may tend to correct the students immediately when they offer the wrong answers. 

The talk moves such as seeking clarification or challenging assumptions would come in handy so that they students would have a deeper understanding of the concept.]]> 2022-05-12 08:34:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180883177 lam_lydia https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180884836 Positive classroom culture: turn taking!

Pre-empt students the sequence of sharing so that they know when they are going to be called.]]> 2022-05-12 08:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180884836 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180885065 They may be shy or afraid of making mistakes.

They also may not like to participate in discussions or see discussions as a waste of time.

We could get students talk in groups before getting a rep to share their answers. 

We could also pre-assign students or randomly call students.]]> 2022-05-12 08:35:53 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180885065 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180885277 Use spin the wheel (name generator) to choose students to talk.]]> 2022-05-12 08:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180885277 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180885633 By drawing instead of writing / talking]]> 2022-05-12 08:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180885633 lam_lydia https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180886934 Have good faith that a rich discussion touches the lives of our young ones and grit through it! 😅]]> 2022-05-12 08:37:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180886934 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180888117 Give them a talk move list (with sentence starters), so that they have an idea of what they can say. The talk move list also helps them to talk respectfully during class discussions. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180888117 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180889160 Use mind-maps to help them brainstorm ideas, then let them talk about the content in the mind-maps. ]]> 2022-05-12 08:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180889160 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180891819 Make sure of the interactive thinking tool in sls, students can write down their opinions on sls first, before they start to do class discussions. It will help to save some time. 

]]> 2022-05-12 08:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180891819 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180893571 - They may not be aware that they are dominating the discussion, but others want a chance.

- We could ask these students to give others a chance to share their answers (discussion etiquette)

- We could also create the climate and ground rules that enable a meaningful discussion.

- We could get students to answer in full details, not 1 or 2 words. Students can also ask each other clarifying ideas to build their answers. For example, they should explain their answers when presenting their answers to their peers. They should also use technical language (e.g. mathematical terms) when discussing answers with their peers.


]]> 2022-05-12 08:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180893571 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180895801 get pupils to repeat]]> 2022-05-12 08:45:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180895801 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180895999 Getting the student to rephrase/repeat what their peers have shared]]> 2022-05-12 08:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180895999 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180897416 Use talking tokens/setting rules that everyone have to speak/say something during discussion]]> 2022-05-12 08:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180897416 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180898624 - We can get them to vocalise their reasoning and facilitate a deeper discussion - we can get students to explain what makes an answer good and what can be improved. But we should be mindful to affirm students for their efforts.

- Teachers should also explicitly say that wrong answers can provide platforms for discussion to learn and clarify their thinking.]]> 2022-05-12 08:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180898624 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180900432 get students seated near him or her to share for the soft-spoken studen.]]> 2022-05-12 08:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180900432 https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180905156 - do flipped learning - use HBL lessons for content-building. Make sure that students take responsibility for their own learning.

- we can use other subjects (e.g. CCE) for discussions

- we need to see that covering lessons / enabling learning can be done through student discussions and not just teacher talk.]]> 2022-05-12 08:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nonis_darren_anthonio_marino/c94ka681xvtkrufa/wish/2180905156