Breakout Rooms for Cooperative Engagements
- I had students use breakout rooms to consider counterarguments and then come back to the main room to talk about what they discussed.
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- This seemed to increase participation amoung students who would normally rely on others for answers
- As a result, some of the students who wouldn't normally turn in essays early, turned in their argumentative ones early, indicating a liklihood that the breakout rooms were beneficial.
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- "Devin has a great understanding of why he is teaching the California standards, and explaining to the students the value in mastering those standard."