flexing the environment: get them engaged, keep them engaged
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Flexing the Environment: Get them Engaged, Keep them
Engaged
TEACHER A, B, AND C
Collaborative Groups vs. Group Work
Set expectations ahead of time and model what a discussion should sound like or what the activity should look like
Make clear who starts the activity/discussion
Assign roles or tasks so that there is equal participation for all students
Teach students to praise good ideas and to celebrate successes.
Has no clear definition of individual roles. Students just come together to complete a task.
Students will not necessarily feel responsibility or accountability towards the product or the outcome.
One student may end up completing most or all of the work, while others watch or misbehave.
Students may be slow to start, unsure of how to begin.
4 Basic Principles of Cooperative Learning
Positive Interdependence
Individual Accountability
Equal Participation
Simultaneous Interaction
Brain Breaks: What are they?
Opportunities for students to stand or move away from their desks.
Can be academic or team building Help create a sense of unity Help get blood and oxygen flowing to the
brain. Help create an optimal learning environment. A good rule is 10 and 2.
Key Parameters for Collaborative Groups
Set expectations ahead of time and model what a discussion should sound like or what the activity should look like
Make clear who starts the activity Assign roles or tasks so that there is equal
participation for all students Teach students to praise good ideas and to
celebrate successes.
Kagan Structures
WHOLE CLASS
Find someone who… Inside-outside circle Mix-Freeze-Group Mix-Pair-Share * Quiz-Quiz-Trade * StandUp-handUp-pairUp Round tables Four corners
SMALL GROUP
Fan-n-pick (cards) * Numbered heads together * One stray Rally coach Rally robin Timed-paired-share Round robin Showdown 3-step interview
Mix-Pair-Share
Question 1: Clearly this young lady has been in a fight. What details in this picture help us to determine this? (Darkest hair goes first, microwave)
Question 2: Is this young lady the bully or the victim? Explain your answer. (Lightest colored shirt goes first, “It was a pleasure talking to you)
Question 3: If this young lady had a thought bubble over her head, what would it say? (Person whose first letter of their first name is closest to A in the alphabet, “COOL”)
4 Basic Principles of Cooperative Learning
Positive Interdependence
Individual Accountability
Equal Participation
Simultaneous Interaction
Quiz-Quiz-Trade
Partner A (person with the longest hair) quizzes Partner B.
Partner B (person with the shortest hair) quizzes Partner A.
Partner A and Partner B switch cards. Partners say “Nice job” before leaving.
4 Basic Principles of Cooperative Learning
Positive Interdependence
Individual Accountability
Equal Participation
Simultaneous Interaction
Fan-N-Pick
• Person #1 gets the cards (Person with the most letters in their last name)
• #1 fans the cards, turns to #2, and says, “Pick a card, any card.” (Person to the right of #1)
• #2 picks a card, turns to #3, and reads the card’s question aloud
• #3 answers • #4 listens to #3’s answer and asks a
follow-up question or gives a summary and linking statement to #3
• Cards get passed to #2 and the steps are repeated
Higher Order Thinking Questions
http://teacherpress.ocps.net/amandaheglund/files/2013/12/Kagan-Classification-High-Order-Questions.pdf
4 Basic Principles of Cooperative Learning
Positive Interdependence
Individual Accountability
Equal Participation
Simultaneous Interaction
What is a brain break and why are they important?
4 Basic Principles of Cooperative Learning
Positive Interdependence
Individual Accountability
Equal Participation
Simultaneous Interaction
Session Survey
It has been my pleasure to be your facilitator for today.
I am always interested in getting your feedback on what I am doing well and ways that I can improve.
Please complete a survey for this session before you leave today. If you did not do one for session I, I would appreciate you doing so.
Amy Morris@dressyPLEF (follow me on Twitter)[email protected]
Works Cited
Spencer, K. (2009). Kagan Cooperative Learning. San Clemente: Kagan Publishing.
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