1. Flipped Instruction Description

Examples

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   Write your lesson objectives on the first slide of lecture slides if relevant.
   

77. Open-Ended Questioning
Definition
Open-ended questioning involves asking questions that require an elaboration in the response. In other words, it cannot be a question that can be answered with “yes” or “no”.
Benefits

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  Students are required to provide explanations and justifications for the points they make.
  
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  Teachers get a more detailed appreciation of students’ levels of knowledge.
  

Examples

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   Make a habit of using open ended questions when talking to students about their work.
   
2. 
   Write all assessment tasks with open ended questions.
   
3. 
   Pose open ended questions as stimulus prompts.
   

78. Fishbowl
Definition
The fishbowl strategy gets a small group of students to sit in a circle in the center if the classroom with the rest of the class sitting in a circle around the group.
The students in the middle of the circle complete a discussion or task as a demonstration for the students observing.
Benefits

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  Teachers can use advanced students in the middle of the group as a way of modeling skills or behaviors for the remainder of the class.
  
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  More knowledgeable students can model behavior for less knowledgeable students.
  
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  Students get a chance at performing in front of others.
  

Challenges

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  Many students will find doing a task I’m front of their peers intimidating.
  

Theoretical Link
Bandura’s observational learning: Bandura argues that students can learn from observing the modeling of others.
Examples

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   Get older students from higher grades to sit in the middle of the fishbowl.
   
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   Or, use the fishbowl as the “we do” step in the I do, we do, you do method.