Socratic Seminar

True or False

It is okay to interrupt someone who is speaking.

• True

• False

True or False

Prior to participating in a Socratic Seminar, you must have both read the text and completed questions.

• True

• False

True or False

Socratic Seminar is a debate.

• True

• False

True or False

The teacher starts the Socratic Seminar.

• True

• False

True or False

A Socratic seminar is an activity that encourages discourse about a text.

• True

• False

True or False

The teacher's role is to observe and monitor but rarely to participate.

• True

• False

True or False

In a fishbowl Socratic Seminar, there is only one big circle.

• True

• False

True or False

The outside circle does the talking, while the inside circle does the watching.

• True

• False

True or False

It is okay to do independent research.

• True

• False

True or False

Notetaking only occurs in the outer circle.

• True

• False