Activity aim: This activity will be assigned at the end of a class to check students’ understanding and progress. Materials needed: pen and paper Time: 5-10 minutes Activity Description: Post on the slide: 1) What are three major takeaways from … Continue reading Pyramid Takeaways (Chinese Literature)
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 engage students in higher-order thinking; to deepen and consolidate learning of abstract concepts; to gauge student understanding Materials needed: Varies Time: Varies Skip to a description of an activity for STEM-oriented class Skip to a description of … Continue reading Problem-Posing Journals
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