Frequently Asked Questions About Discussion From the Teaching Resource Center at Indiana University, this pages poses and answers frequently asked questions concerning discussion and concurrent facilitation.
Fostering Effective Classroom Discussions Recommendations from three faculty members in English at Virginia Tech. They argue that the theoretical and pedagogical developments in writing instruction over the last fifteen years have made fostering effective classroom discussions a crucial teaching skill.
Encouraging Class Discussion A Berkeley Compendium, this is an extensive and in-depth analysis of running and encouraging productive class discussions.
Discussion Teaching From the University of Chicago From a series of readings and practical advice for beginning teachers, the authors tell us that "like an effective lecture, an effective discussion has a beginning, a middle, and an end that are all controlled by the agenda for a particular session."
