Hi Loretta, This is a common situation for most instructors. A strategy for getting the students involved in the discussions and answering questions is to put them in groups of three-four. Present a question and have each group come up with solutions. Have a student report out on what the group came up with. Do another round and have another student report out from each group. Do rounds of this until each member of each group has presented to the class. This really helps to get the students comfortable in talking and interacting in the class. Granted some students will always be more talkative than others but it really helps to get the more shy students involved. Gary