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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2000  > October  >
In the Classroom
View from My Classroom
Let's Talk about It! Using a Graded Discussion Procedure to Make Chemistry Real
Amy Roediger
Mentor High School, 6477 Center Street, Mentor, OH 44060-4193
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October 2000
Vol. 77 No. 10
p. 1305
Abstract
Graded classroom discussions are a technique employed to extend students' classroom knowledge into real life. Students read a set of articles about a topic relating to the curriculum. The teacher poses an open-ended question to which the students propose answers based on the articles they read. Simultaneously, the responses are graded by the teacher, who does not participate in the discussion. Students enthusiastically embrace the procedure and the topics they discuss. Because the discussion is an assessment tool, students focus both on delivering quality responses to the discussion question and on maintaining an atmosphere conducive to exchanging ideas. They become better thinkers and speakers while gaining exposure to current science events and applying their content knowledge.
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*  Citation
 Roediger, Amy. J. Chem. Educ. 2000 77 1305.
*  Keywords
 General Chemistry; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Public Understanding; Teaching / Learning Aids; Teaching/Learning Theory/Practice
*  History
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Last Updated:		 September 22, 2000
April 15, 2005
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