Collaborative Learning teaching ideas.pptx

7/29/2019 Collaborative Learning teaching ideas.pptx

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Broken Pieces

What is it? Students are given key words or

pieces of information on a topic.

They are asked to arrange these in

a particular order.

This could take the form of

producing a specific outcome, eg.a revision guide or summary.

Alternatively it could involving

putting the information together

to describe a process.

Resources/Equipment:Cards with pieces of information on

each

Criteria met:

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Review Race

What is it? Groups or pairs are given an A3

sheet with key words spread out

on them.

Each student in the group is also

given a different coloured pen.

They have to draw a line betweenany two words they can link

together.

Along this line they write down

what the link is and explain it to

the group.

Resources/Equipment:A3 sheets with key words on

Criteria met:

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Game of Chance

What is it? Students are given an activity to

complete, along with a die.

Each number on the dice relates

to an area to consider (eg. when

analysing a character, 1=

personality, 2= family, etc). Alternatively each member of the

group could be given a number

they have to add a point when

this comes up (extra numbers

could allow nominations).

The dice are rolled, and thedesignated student answers

according to the number.

Resources/Equipment:Dice for each group

Criteria met:

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Ranking

What is it? Students are given key words or

pieces of information on a topic

They are asked to arrange these in

order of importance or relevance,

or according to how much the

group agrees with them This could take the form of

diamond ranking, bullseye (most

information in the middle),

pyramid, etc.

Students are then asked to justify

their decisions.

Resources/Equipment:Cards with pieces of information on

each

Criteria met:

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Accountability

Responsibility

Reflection

AccessibilityDiscussion

Flexibility

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Pass the Buck

What is it? Students are given either a sheet

with a topic on it.

This could be an exam question, a

key figure or some key words.

They make some initial notes on

their own sheets. Students then circulate, writing

notes on other groups sheets,

both in terms of making notes and

in response to comments made by

other students.

They then return to their ownoriginal sheet, using the

information gathered to either

plan or produce a full answer.

Resources/Equipment:A3 sheets with different topics on

them (one per group)

Criteria met:

Goals

Accountability

Confidence

Reflection

DiscussionFlexibility

Engagement


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Corporate Excellence

What is it? Students are given an activity to

complete.

Whilst they work on this the

teacher circulates, randomly

asking group members questions

about the task. The expectation is that any

student can answer the questions,

so the whole group have to work

together to ensure that this is the

case.

The group gets 1 point for eachquestion the chosen students

answer correctly.

The winning group is announced

at the end of the activity/lesson/

Resources/Equipment:None other than the activity

Criteria met:

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Flowcharts

What is it? Students are given all the

information needed on a topic.

They then have to simplify this

and break it down, either into the

basic process or as a summary or

guide. They do this by using the key to a

flowchart, deciding on the most

important information and what

type of action it is, and gradually

creating a complete flowchart.

Students then feed theirflowchart back to other students,

justifying their choices.

Resources/Equipment:Guide sheet for producing a

flowchart

A3 paper

Criteria met:

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Thinking Hats

What is it? Students are given a topic or

scenario to consider.

They are given 6 thinking hats

(either physical or simply on

cards), along with the role for

each one. They have to adopt this viewpoint

throughout the discussion.

Students can swap hats at

predetermined times as signalled

by the teacher.

They should then have theopportunity to consider an

issue/problem from a range of

viewpoints.

Resources/Equipment:de Bonos thinking hats

Range of topics for discussion

Criteria met:

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Art Attack

What is it? Students are given a number of

images related to a topic or

activity.

They use these as inspiration or as

a guide to completing the task.

The images could be ofequipment needed to complete a

process, stimuli fro creative

writing, different objects

associated with the topic.

Groups work together to achieve

their goal collectively.

Resources/Equipment:Sets of images

Criteria met:

Goals

Accountability

Responsibility

Discussion

FlexibilityEngagement

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