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I need more ideas for encouraging interaction in my tutorials. This term, unlike last year, the students are receiving participation marks and so actually show up. However, as the tutorial is held at 8:00 at night following a two hour lecture, they're usually pretty tired when they get there and don't want to do much more than sit and write stuff down. Monday night's group tried hard--there are a few keeners in there--but last night's group was much quieter. I have to find some way to motivate them to speak up, or at least to occupy the time without lecturing, hopefully teaching them a few critical thinking skills along the way.