Breaking Through Student Bias with Creative Debate Assignments

This Quick Hit article outlines a method used to successfully breakthrough student bias surrounding controversial issues in the classroom. The method uses a debate with randomized position assignments to encourage students to consider all sides of the topic. Student feedback is overwhelmingly posit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daniel M. Settlage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indiana University Office of Scholarly Publishing 2020-04-01
Series:Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Online Access:https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/josotl/article/view/24589