Corners
This technique stimulates student learning through movement and discussion, and it can also be used as a formative assessment.
Send-a-Problem is a practice structure which is used for review or additional practice of concepts. This strategy may also be used to increase DOK.
Sage and Scribe is a wonderful strategy for the classroom especially when there are multiple (and multi-step) problems to solve.
“It’s Monday, so you know with this means—it’s time to kick the week off with a little motivation.” – Safon Floyd, Black Enterprise
This is an easy-to-create and easy-to-play teaching strategy that is a great way to practice concepts across the curriculum. As students listen for the answer on top of their card, they are engaged, working on listening skills, and having fun!
“Teams check off or add each idea as it is shared by other teams, sitting down to show every teams’ ideas have been shared.” – Ms. Woodruff’s Class
“One student from each team steps out of the room. The teacher reads a very short story to the class. The absent student returns and the teammates teach the student everything they can about the story. This promotes listening and expressive oral language as a communicative competence.” – Cooperative Learning Strategies – Windsor SD
“Provides participants a method for identifying relative degrees of interest among choices. It was used to identify interest-based groups. The presenter invites each participant to imagine having 100 pennies to spend on the focus areas. Participants are asked to divide their respective pennies among the designated topics. The presenter may then use the interest groups in a number of strategies, such as Corners.” – Adaptive Schools Toolbox
“In a simultaneous round table, each student responds [using] a separate piece of paper. At the end of both writing activities, the students present their answers to the class. This strategy encourages students to take turns, listen actively to peers, and add information to build on the ideas of others. In the next step in the strategy, students can develop categories about the topic and organize their answers into the appropriate categories.” – University of Winnipeg, Cooperative Learning Strategies
“Through this kind of cooperative learning activity, students are able to assess their own understanding…” – STAO Blog