Rebranding Participation

Credit: iStock.com/Drazen Zigic
Credit: iStock.com/Drazen Zigic
How much has our thinking about participation changed? Start with your students: Do they equate participation with anything other than raising their hands to answer a question or being called on for a comment? Recent years have seen calls to broaden definitions of participation, but I’m seeing little evidence that our orientation to participation has changed much.

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