"FIELDING" RETURNS: FINDINGS
- many students consciously changed serving strategies because of the three-step interaction in this unit
- almost all students reported consciously changing their return strategies because of the three-step interaction in this unit
- students are very comfortable using the response option terminology to describe returns they received
- virtually all students reported receiving a variety of returns
- students reported a significant amount of the level 3 response option I call "re-thinking" when they fielded returns
- there was a significant amount of intolerance for students who did dead-end returns
- most students felt good about the way they fielded returns because of the opportunities to respond provided by good returns from others
- however, dead-end returns were a noticeable downer for some
- 1/2 the class felt that the three-step process resulted in advanced thinking
- lack of participation in the three-step process, not the process itself, was the reason most often given for groups in which thinking did not advance
- workload, running out of things to say, and posting fatigue were cited as the main reasons for lack of participation
