Learning Strat
This strategy will look like a big spider
web on the board when you are finished. Have
the students break into small groups and
encourage them to identify the central word,
concept, or question around which to build the
map. Start with a circle in the middle of the
board and include the main idea within. Extend
branches out from the central circle that includes
all the subtopics from the main idea. Continue to
add additional branches with related topics and
circle groups of branches that are linked. This
mapping encourages students to see the overall
picture and helps bring focus away from minute
details and back to the main ideas. End with an
overall discussion of the topic.
Concept Map
Group members work on an assignment or project individually and then share their
results with a partner. After discussing with a partner, share findings with the larger
group.
Think - pair - share
What movement did SI come out of?
Civil Rights Movement
Give the students a couple of
terms/topics and encourage them to write a
description of the term for others to guess.
Allow the groups to work on their topics, and
then let them quiz each other to see if the
others can guess their term. This strategy
helps the students see if they know the topic
well enough to convey the main points to
someone else. It not only solidifies the
guessers’ knowledge, but the creators’
knowledge and confidence in the topic, too.
Guess Who
A general discussion of an issue
or topic by the group. Individual members are free to contribute or not contribute.
Group discussion
Explain preventative care v Urgent care mindset for SI
SI will act preventitive care for students, making sure they have the tools (health) they need to combat harder problems. Urgent care would mean that students have no tools to use to combat difficult problems
Can be used to compare
the similarities and differences between two
concepts, systems or theories. Two overlapping
circles are drawn on the board with each circle
labeled as one of the two concepts. Students
will them write the similarities in the
overlapping portion and then differences in the
outer portion of the circles. This is a good visual
technique for reviewing similar yet contrasting
concepts.
Venn Diagram
Group participants are divided into smaller groups for discussion. They may
also be allowed to self-select the small group they want to be in. After discussing the
assigned topic, the cluster may report their findings to the large group.
Clusters
How many times more information do students retain while working in groups?
2.5X
A method to
organize information which utilizes different
levels. The levels are based on whether a piece of
information fits into a specific group, where
higher level groups are much more inclusive and
lower level groups are much more exclusive.
Hierarchies
Each group member is surveyed to discover their position on an issue, problem or topic.
This process insures that each member of the group is allowed to offer or state their point
of view.
Group survey
Does SI always depend on DFW rate(>25%) or can other factors play a role in deciding if a course should have SI?
Other things can play a role such as campus size & historical difficulty of the class
This strategy can be very useful before an
exam. Have each student come up with: 3 topics
that they know well enough to “teach” to the
other students, 2 topics that they do not
understand and need further assistance with, and
1 possible test question.
When used properly, make the group as a whole dependent upon all of them in
subgroups. Each group provides a piece of the puzzle. Group members are broken into
smaller groups. Each small group works on some aspect of the same problem, question,
or issue. They then share their part of the puzzle with the large group.
Jigsaw
How many representatives have been trained in SI through UMKC (Closest answer gets it correct)
More than 1500 representatives