Activity aim: Group quizzes enhance students’ understanding of the material by having them discuss a set of questions to determine the correct answers. By working cooperatively, students can learn from each other and improve their grasp of the material. The “quiz” in this activity is meant … Continue reading Group Quizzes
Activity aim: to encourage peer teaching; to catch students up who have missed key content; to check student progress and generate questions Materials needed: Two sets of instructor-generated questions (set A and set B) Time estimated: This can … Continue reading Jigsaw Interview or Three Step Interview
Activity aim: to find out what students find unclear; to have students (themselves) reflect on what they do and don’t understand Materials needed: You can require students to bring notecards or provide them yourself, or you can just have … Continue reading The Muddiest Point and the Clearest Point
Activity aim: to generate discussion or additional questions; to check student understanding of challenging class material Materials needed: Students will need access to Power Point (or whatever program you use to design clicker questions). Time: It really depends. Students … Continue reading Student-generated Clicker Questions
Activity aim: Encourages note-taking; gives students time to review notes and concepts; promotes peer-to-peer learning; allows students to share note-taking strategies Materials: Class notes Time: ~5-10 minutes Activity Description: At the end of a content-heavy class or portion of class, … Continue reading Notes Completion
Activity aim: promote discussion and public speaking skills; keep students on task during group work; encouraged engagement with course material prior to class; cover several related topics in one class period; Materials needed: Nothing Time: 20+ minutes Activity description: … Continue reading Pinwheel Discussion
Activity aim: get students actively involved in discussion; promote critical thinking and reasoning; encourage students to form opinions about course materials/topics Materials needed: whiteboard or projector (ability to display statements that the whole class can view) Time estimated: variable … Continue reading This or That (Debate)