Final Examination

Front 1

What are the steps of Inside Outside Circle?

Back 1

1. Students form pairs. One student from each pair move to the large circle in the class, facing outward.

2. Remaining students find and face their partners (creating concentric circles)

3. Inside circle students ask a question from their question card; outside circle students answer. Inside circle praise or coach.

4. Partners switch roles. Outside circle student ask, listen, praise or coach.

5. Partner trade question cards.

6. Inside circle rotate clockwise to a new partner.

Front 2

What is a variation of the Inside Outside Circle?

Back 2

Instead of creating two circle, two lines are created. Only one move down at the signal.

Front 3

What are the steps of Numbered Heads Together?

Back 3

1. Divide the students in groups of 4 and give each student a number from 1 to 4.

2. Ask a question or a problem to the students. They individually write down their best answer.

3. Students collaboratively discuss their answers in groups.

4. The teacher repeats the question and calls on a number.

5. The student who was attributed that number raise their hand.

6.When called on, they share what their team has come up with.

Front 4

What is a variation of the Numbered Heads Together?

Back 4

Use Paired Heads together (sharing in pairs, and then in collaborative group), using Traveling Heads Together (the student called on travels to another team to share their answers), or Stir-The-Class (after discussion and consensus, the student called on move to another team and try to reach consensus again)

Front 5

What are the steps of a Talking Chips?

Back 5

1. The teacher provides a discussion topic and provides think time.

2. Any student begin the discussion, placing one of his/her chips in the center of the table.

3. Any students with a chip continues discussing, using his/her chip.

4. When all chips are used, teammates each collect their chips and continue their discussion with the talking chips.

Front 6

What is a variation of Talking Chips?

Back 6

Give just one chip to each student. They must wait for all students to have used their chip before they all collect their chip and continue the discussion.

Front 7

What are the steps of a Mix-Pair-Share?

Back 7

1. Student mix around the room.

2. Teacher calls “Pair”.

3. Student pair up with the person closest to them and give a high five. Students who haven’t found a partner raise their hands to find each other.

4. Teacher asks a question and gives time to think.

5. Students share with their partner using either Timed Pair Share(long answer) or RallyRobin(oral lists).

Front 8

What is a variation of a Mix-Pair-Share?

Back 8

Practice greetings or affirmations when pairing.

Front 9

What are the steps of a RoundRobin?

Back 9

1. Teacher poses a problem to which there are multiple possible responses or solutions, and provides think time.

2. Students take turns stating responses or solutions.

Front 10

What are the steps of a Three-Step Interview?

Back 10

1. Teacher provide the interview topic, states the duration of the interview, and provides think time.

2. In pairs, Student A interview Student B.

3. Pairs switch roles: Student B interview Student A.

4. RoundRobin: Pairs pair up to form groups of four. Each student, in turn, shares with the team what he/she learned in the interview.

Front 11

What are the steps of a Pairs Jigsaw?

Back 11

1. The student individually look at what information they have receive.

2. Students regroup in pairs with someone with a different text. They share information about their text.

3. Together, they try to complete a worksheet with information from both text.

Front 12

What are the steps of a Classic Expert Team Jigsaw?

Back 12

1. Each member of the cooperative learning team receives a different piece of information.

2. They regroup with members of different cooperative learning teams with the same information, in order to discuss what they received.

3. They go back to their teams and share what they discussed with the other specialist of their specific text.

Front 13

What are the steps of a Within Team Jigsaw?

Back 13

1. Each member of the cooperative learning team receives a different piece of information. They look at it individually.

2. The collaborative teams regroup and try to complete a worksheet they have received, drawing information from all four pieces of information.

Front 14

What are the steps of a Think Pair Share?

Back 14

1. An issue is brought. The student think about it individually.

2. At the teacher’s signal, they pair with a partner.

3. They share their answers.