Encourage students to answer one another’s questions in lab and office hours to help both confident and confused students better understand the course concepts.

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  • Urge students to explain concepts to each other when having group discussions to reinforce the material.
    • If new students join in the middle of the discussion, have the explainer recap for the students.
  • Avoid lapsing into lecturer mode when students ask questions in these settings.
    • You don’t want to interfere when the students are helping each other because this is a good learning moment for all students involved.

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"Teaching Tips We Wish They'd Told Us Before We Started" by Dan Garcia, Owen Astrachan, Nick Parlante, and Stuart Reges.
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