classroom discussion

At many times in classrooms (in Australia) the teacher wants many students to say something like “I think like this about it. This is why I think like this.”

When it is like this, it is good if students can think like this at the same time: I know many things about this something. Because of this, I think about it in one way, not in another way. I know why I think like this. I know other people don’t have to think the same.

It is good if many students say what they think about this something. It is good if students don’t think the same.

The teacher thinks like this: It is good if other students think for some time about something a student has said. It is good if the students think about this something for some time. It is good if the students can know why they think like this.