Activity aim: To share notetaking strategies; to report back on group work in a more efficient way; to keep track of what happened during a learning activity for students’ later reference; to share questions and confusion in real time Materials: … Continue reading Collaborative Notetaking
Activity aim: To get students to synthesize the most important “takeaways”; to build student confidence to ask questions; to have students reflect on their points of confusion Materials: Nothing! Activity description: Think / pair / share is probably the simplest … Continue reading Think / pair / share
Activity aim: To provide students with an opportunity to consolidate their learning or find the gaps in their own understanding; to review key concepts; to check understanding after a more passive task Materials needed: Each students needs a pen and … Continue reading “Writing to Learn” Journals (Interdisciplinary)
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 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: To get students to review notes; to get students to synthesize the most important “takeaways”; to model a study strategy Materials: Class notes, index cards (or a small piece of paper), and Post It notes (or even smaller … Continue reading Boil It Down
Activity aim: To encourage synthesis and reflection; to help students formulate questions; to check student progress Materials needed: A piece of notebook paper and a pen (per student) Time estimated: This is intended to be a <5 min. activity, … Continue reading One-Minute Paper