During this meeting we focused on the second chapter of the book.  The second chapter is entitled Practice and Feedback. Bruff suggests that instructors consider the types of skills that their students need and then center class activities around these needs.  He recommends the adoption of a flipped classroom model so students have an opportunity to practice with ongoing support from the instructor and peers. One suggestion is to begin with think-pair-share and then to add elements, such as combining pairs, forming small groups, using techniques such as jigsaw.  In jigsaw each small group “works on one topic, and then shares their work with their other groups. This can be done with face to face and remote classes.  Another technique is using polling. One way to find time for these in class activities is to move introductory material to outside the classroom.

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