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Classroom Participation Popsicle Sticks: Variations on a Classic
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Published: 08/01/11
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported
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Classroom and Online Student Management
differentiation, oral participation, popsicle sticks

Problem of practice

Choosing students during questioning phases of instruction often results in less-than-optimal conditions for learning, leaving important voices unheard and many students disengaged.

Solution

I present a classic (not my invention) method for randomizing, tracking, and/or differentiating oral participation using simple popsicle sticks.

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