Basic formats and techniques for recitations and labs
What are the goals of recitations and labs?
Achieving Active Mental Engagement
Choose the appropriate format for your recitation.
Recitation formats (in order of increasing involvement by individual students)
Lectures
Answer questions from the floor
Make the students answer each others’ questions
Small-group workshop
Tutorial discussion
Choose the best format for the job; mix them if necessary.
The Ultimate in Student Engagement Physics by Inquiry
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