Just as Im trying to find cool ideas for my data collection plan I have to stop and write down ANOTHER LIST of cool ideas I come across for something else! Good news: I have a lot of good ideas... Bad news: I never seem to make FORWARD progress on 1 thing!
Thought I would share so you too have "ANOTHER LIST" and since I'm "not working!!" :)
TOP 10 STRATEGIES for PAIRS or GROUPS for ACTIVE/COLLABROATIVE LEARNING
1. COMPARATIVE NOTE TAKING
During a lecture stop every 15-20 minutes and have students stop and scatter and compare notes and concepts covered. Ask them to illustrate, highlight, or underline!
2. PARTICAPTION PREP
Ask questions to all… they record answers pre-discussion in notebooks or on paper.
Then sharing begins as you go back and begin ask students to share their written answers
3. INTENTIONAL MISTAKES
You provide groups of students with an illogical conclusion, inaccurate statement,
Incorrect data graph or lack of proof and they work in groups to FIND & FIX mistake
4. THINK-PAIR-SHARE—This one defines itself! Give a group a list of questions or they individually make up questions from current content and provide them to the group!
5. READ-WRITE-PAIR-SHARE—This one also defines itself!
6. ConcepTEST—
Pose a CONCEPTUAL QUESTION and 3-4 choices.
They work in groups and decide which provided answer is correct and why
7. THREE-WAY INTERVIEW:
Students will take turns interview each other (one records)
A. Interviewer: Asks the questions (teacher provides the “starter question”)
After that the interviewer asks creative follow-up questions
B. Interviewee: Responds
C. Recorder: Records answers (or questions depending on goal of activity)
8. CATEGORY BUILDING:
You give groups 3-10 concepts and they sort them and create a concept map
with written summary of how they were grouped and justification as to why!
9. VIDEO PREDICTIONS:
You ask students to work in groups to provide WRITTEN predictions of what they will SEE very SPECIFICALLY during the video Then watch and reflect.
Hint: do this after they have seen the HOOK or introduction part of video!
10. FISHBOWL: 2-5 in middle and the rest on the outside for small group discussion(s) Hint: Allow students to TAP IN!
5. READ-WRITE-PAIR-SHARE—This one also defines itself!
6. ConcepTEST—
Pose a CONCEPTUAL QUESTION and 3-4 choices.
They work in groups and decide which provided answer is correct and why
7. THREE-WAY INTERVIEW:
Students will take turns interview each other (one records)
A. Interviewer: Asks the questions (teacher provides the “starter question”)
After that the interviewer asks creative follow-up questions
B. Interviewee: Responds
C. Recorder: Records answers (or questions depending on goal of activity)
8. CATEGORY BUILDING:
You give groups 3-10 concepts and they sort them and create a concept map
with written summary of how they were grouped and justification as to why!
9. VIDEO PREDICTIONS:
You ask students to work in groups to provide WRITTEN predictions of what they will SEE very SPECIFICALLY during the video Then watch and reflect.
Hint: do this after they have seen the HOOK or introduction part of video!
10. FISHBOWL: 2-5 in middle and the rest on the outside for small group discussion(s) Hint: Allow students to TAP IN!
Thanks Jodi,
ReplyDeleteI am going to use some of these ideas!!!
Great ideas, Jodi,
ReplyDeleteI may use some of these, too since my AR is about movement and student engagement.
Jodi - these are great ideas. It's time to put away all your colored pens and highlighters and stick to one pen which equals one list....and one new thing to try!! Don't try do it all, just start with one, then add one later :) You do great things!
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas that I am going to steal from you again Jodi!! :). Where do you find all I this stuff?!
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