LEADING CLASSROOM DISCUSSIONS - USING COMPUTERS FOR A NEW APPROACH

It has long been known that students learn more rapidly and retain kno wledge longer when they take an active role in the learning process. C lassroom discussion encourages students to take such a role, but is no t without problems. This paper highlights some common pitfalls of clas sroom discussion and proposes a way to use mainframe computer's to ove rcome some of these difficulties.