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CHAPTER 27
Good Citizens! Perfect Participants! The importance of classroom participation and citizenship is often overlooked by students. After all, there’s no quiz on these skills right? These skills make up a percentage of your final grade in a class, so they deserve your attention. In high school and college, the level and quality of your classroom participation and citizenship skills are increasingly important to your success as a student. Most students would define participation as raising your hand and answering your teacher’s questions. That’s partly right. Answering questions, engaging in discussions, and volunteering ideas is important. Participation is also demonstrated by active listening . When students focus, make eye contact with their teacher, and take notes during a lecture, they are demonstrating good participation skills. Other ways to participate include coming to class prepared and enthusiastically engaging in a class activity or small group discussion, instead of sitting on the sidelines contributing nothing. Participation is also demonstrated by taking a leadership role in a team exercise or group activity. Let’s take a look at how and why to participate in class…
In some college seminars, participation counts for up to 50% of the final grade.
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Learning Goals By the end of this chapter you will be able to: 1. Describe ways to effectively participate in the classroom. 2. List the benefits of good classroom participation skills. 3. Assess classroom citizenship and participation skills in a skit. 4. Make a plan to improve your participation and citizenship skills.
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