The term discussion or group discussion refers to the communicative situation in which two or more individuals share ideas and information in order to achieve a goal, for example finding a solution or just share similar and opposite points of view. Because of this, discussions follow a process that includes allowing all the participants to introduce themselves; agreeing on the rules or steps that the discussion will follow including the time limit; introduce the topic; let the participants ask questions and share ideas; gathering the ideas proposed; analyze the ideas in order to find the most relevant ideas or idea and wrap-up the discussion by agreeing on a final idea or ideas.
In the case of analyzing ideas step, the ideas proposed by the different participants are evaluated in order to know their advantages or strengths and their disadvantages or weaknesses to finally decide on the best idea or ideas that are part of the conclusion or wrap-up of the discussion and that are necessary in case the discussion aims at solving a problem. Considering this, the step of the discussion process that helps you identify the strengths and weaknesses of various ideas is analyzing ideas.
