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Let's Debate: Active Learning Encourages Student Participation and Critical Thinking

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Oros, Andrew L.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Structured classroom debates (SCDs), whereby teams of students debate a question prepared outside of class, help advance two goals many political science instructors struggle to achieve with their students: classroom participation beyond the “usual suspects” present in every classroom and critical thinking and analysis of political issues. This article explains the methods used by the author and several colleagues to introduce SCDs into multiple types of political science courses based on the author's extensive experience with conducting such debates in a wide range of classes, and the contributions such an approach has demonstrated on student understanding and communication of political issues. Topics addressed include differences in debate format and preparation for different class levels and sizes; how to accommodate students of different abilities through effective team and role management; grading options/methods of evaluation; and approaches to engaging the entire classroom in this active learning exercise. Evaluation of the merits of the approach also is provided based on a systematic analysis of student course evaluations and on comparative observations of the author and other instructors who have employed the approach.
Related Links	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/15512160701558273?needAccess=true
Ending Page	311
Page Count	19
Starting Page	293
ISSN	15512169
e-ISSN	15512177
DOI	10.1080/15512160701558273
Journal	Journal of Political Science Education
Issue Number	3
Volume Number	3
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2007-09-20
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Journal of Political Science Education Political Science Active Learning Class Participation Critical Thinking Debate
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Education

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