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title: "Tactics to Encourage Contributions"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Edutopia"
resource_person_role: "Teacher-practice publication of the George Lucas Educational Foundation"
vertical: "dei"
module: "Equitable Participation and Biases"
lesson: "Tactics to Encourage Contributions"
lesson_key: "tactics-to-encourage-contributions"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "Edutopia"
---
# Tactics to Encourage Contributions: Highlights

**Resource person:** Edutopia - Teacher-practice publication of the George Lucas Educational Foundation

**Curated from:** Edutopia

1. Participation cards create a low-pressure route for every student to signal.
2. Wait time gives students room to process before the instructor moves on.
3. Thumbs-up responses provide a quick whole-class check.
4. Equity sticks can expose habitual calling patterns and widen invitations.
5. Preparation and a respectful pass option protect the quality of cold-calling.
6. Track who speaks and include written, paired and digital contributions.