Teaching Thoughts

The five Rs: Respond, repeat, restate, rebut, and reinforce – When a student finishes responding to a question, the teacher tosses a ball to another student and says, “Repeat” and the student tries to reiterate what the first student said. The ball then returns to the first student, who is asked to “Restate” if the previous student didn’t capture his or her meaning. The ball then comes back to the teacher, who tosses it to another student and says, “Rebut” and that student has to either disagree