Clip 3/20: Day 2: Encouraging reluctant learners to communicate
Overview
Establishing and Following Classroom Routines: Patty Ferrant challenges her students to “listen and try to understand” each other, and initially, her students are quiet and appear reluctant to participate in the whole-group setting.
Patty emphasizes the language of “rephrase or restate” when the pairs share with the whole group.
Consider:
What are your strategies for engaging students who are reluctant to participate?