Socratic Seminar

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the rules of the Socratic Seminar?

• Everyone in the Socratic Seminar must listen to and respect others' opinions.

• The participants should not refer to the text when conveying their opinions.

• The participants are not allowed to interrupt others' participants opinions.

• In the Socratic Seminar, the participants don't need to raise their hands if they want to speak.

These are the things that we should pay attention to when having the Socratic Seminar, EXCEPT...

• We should refocus when the conversation gets off track or is out of the topic.

• We should strongly defend our arguments when providing our opinions.

• We should always try to develop our ideas and use the useful phrases when speaking.

• We should give the opportunity to those who haven't spoken yet in the discussion.

Outer circle participants will listen and evaluate inner circle participants' performance based on Socratic Seminar Observation Form/ Rubric. The contents of it are analysis and reasoning, discussion skills and civility. Which of the following is not true about 'analysis and reasoning'? It's related to...

• deeper level of discussion

• thinking organization

• participant's clarity in speaking

• meaningful thoughts

Outer circle participants will listen and evaluate inner circle participants' performance based on Socratic Seminar Observation Form/ Rubric. The contents of it are analysis and reasoning, discussion skills and civility. Which of the following is not true about 'discussion skills'? It's related to...

• participants' opportunity in speaking and sharing their time with others

• relevance of comments and responses from each participant

• sentences arrangement and language used by the participants

• participants' ability in staying focus on the discussion

Outer circle participants will listen and evaluate inner circle participants' performance based on Socratic Seminar Observation Form/ Rubric. The contents of it are analysis and reasoning, discussion skills and civility. Which of the following is not true about 'civility'? It's related to...

• participants' voice/volume in speaking

• politeness of participants

• the use of formal language

• participants' manner in Socratic Seminar

Why should inner circle participants refer to the text when speaking?

• To do self-evaluation in their performances

• To apply critical thinking skills in the discussion

• To understand more the flow of the discussion

• To keep focused on talking about particular thing in the discussion

What is defined as "a method to try to understand information by creating a dialectic class in regard to a specific text?"

• Text

• Communication

• Evidence

• Socratic seminar

What is Socratic Seminar?

• A Ted Talk that was produced by Socrates.

• A discussion method that allows for thinking, collaborating, and discussing topics with your peers

• A lecture based class

• The name of my Goldfish, the other one is named Carl.

Which is an example of Socratic Seminar?

• A multiple choice test

• Students had an article that we read in class and asked each other random questions about their weekend plans.

• Students used an article that we read in class and asked each other leading questions. They engaged in conversation and took the lead on the discussion rather than being teacher led.

• A persuasive essay

Which of the following is a primary goal of a Socratic Seminar?

• A) To memorize facts and figures

• B) To engage in a debate to win an argument

• C) To explore complex ideas through dialogue

• D) To present a formal speech