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- In preparing this paper, I am in debt to the many students who have participated in my Discussion Forum experiment and who graciously filled out evaluation forms. I am also indebted to Julie Holstrom, class of 2003, and more recently and particularly to Kate Davey, class of 2004, undergraduates at Providence College who helped with processing and interpreting data. I presented earlier versions of this paper as a supplement to my presentation at the first American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference (Washington, February, 2004) and at the Georgia Political Science Association Annual Meeting, (Savannah, November 11–12, 2004). I appreciate the feedback from both venues. The Journal of Political Science Education peer reviewers provided excellent suggestions for the revisions of this manuscript.