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Discussion1. Use discussions to teach key ideas and to get people to think.2. Use a discussion after an exercise to make sure that people learned what youwanted them to learn.3. Determine the objective of the discussion. Do you want to reinforce key points,get feedback, or challenge current thinking? What will be learned?4. Plan questions that will help you achieve the discussion’s objective.5. Choose the style of questions, direct or open-ended. Direct questions are “rightanswer” questions. They check what people know. Open-ended questions allowfor many answers. They often start with how, why, what do you think etc. Theyhelp you find out what people understand, think or feel about an issue or idea.6. Rephrase the learners' answers or ask more questions that use what they havesaid.7. Be flexible about using different questions than you have planned. Use what thegroup is saying to ask more questions that will teach what you need to teach.8. Summarize the discussion and connect the summary with the next learningactivity. There should be a logical and continuous flow between presentations,discussions and exercises.Construction Owners Association of Alberta 69