Activity aim: Team work and collaboration; conducting marketing research; peer review Materials: See below Time estimated: See below Prep for teacher: See below Note: This series of 6 activities are distinct steps in a group research project that amounts to 30% of the student’s … Continue reading A Group Research Project in 6 Parts (Marketing)
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: To review reading material; to get students to review / synthesize / draw connections between multiple texts; to review reading in preparation for a discussion Materials needed: Each students needs a pen and paper. Time: 20-30 minutes (or … Continue reading Cadavre Exquis
Activity aim: To get students to review / synthesize / draw connections between multiple texts; to review reading in preparation for a discussion; Materials needed: Each students needs a pen and paper. Time: 20-30 minutes (or more), depending on the … Continue reading Ink Shedding
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 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