Effective Argumentation and Starting Opinions Techniques

• Discussion (Talking point discussion) • SWOT analysis • Modelling-based learning

Discussion the action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange
ideas.

Talking Points Discussion

This is a classroom routine for getting students to discuss statements.

"Talking Points: Discussion Activities in the Primary Classroom" encourages and supports classroom
discussion on a range of topics, enabling children to develop the important life-skill of effective group
communication. Children who can explain their own ideas and take account of the points of view and
reasons of others are in the process of becoming truly educated

(https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED525831)

(https://justaskpublications.com/just-ask-resource-center/e-newsletters/msca/keys-to-productive-
discussions-in-the-math-classroom/)

SWOT analysis

The SWOT analysis method identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to

an organization or a situation

(https://web.wpi.edu/Pubs/E-project/Available/E-project-052711-
122422/unrestricted/BMurray_North_SWOT_v2.pdf)

Modelling-based learning