This idea may work for many students, but please be aware that for autistic students this level of uncertainty every lesson is potentially abusive behaviour on the part of the teacher
I started reading Liljedahl's book this spring and, like you, don't agree with everything. (For example, he states that mimicry is not a precursor to thinking, which I think is incorrect.) But I do love the parts about creating groups, especially making them visibly random. I'd stumbled on this myself shortly before starting the book. I was using a group generation app and the students wanted to show me the screen while I clicked the buttons so that they could verify that it was actually happening randomly.
This idea may work for many students, but please be aware that for autistic students this level of uncertainty every lesson is potentially abusive behaviour on the part of the teacher
I started reading Liljedahl's book this spring and, like you, don't agree with everything. (For example, he states that mimicry is not a precursor to thinking, which I think is incorrect.) But I do love the parts about creating groups, especially making them visibly random. I'd stumbled on this myself shortly before starting the book. I was using a group generation app and the students wanted to show me the screen while I clicked the buttons so that they could verify that it was actually happening randomly.