Structure/Steps
This structure starts with students walking around the room until the music stops
What is Mix-Pair-Share
During Stand Up, Hand Up, Pair Up, students group together with their friends.
What is: Students need to find one partner to pair up with.
In this Kagan structure, you cover the table in sticky notes
What is Jot Thoughts
This principle (PIES) supports tasks where each student's effort helps their group succeed.
In Timed-Pair-Share, after Partner A shares what happens.
What is...Partner B praises A, then shares their response.
During Quiz-Quiz-Trade, students stayed with one partner the entire time.
What is: Have students trade and find a new partner after each round?
This structure is associated with: students rotating to new peers in 2 circles and responding to question cards.
What is inside-outside-circle
This principle ensures students respond without relying on peers' responses
What is individual accountability
This structure begins with creating two concentric circles.
What is Inside–Outside Circle?
A teacher uses RoundRobin, but only one student in each team talks.
What is: Round Robin should involve all students taking turns to respond?
This structure is associated with: each student thinking silently and then sharing with a partner.
What is Think-Pair-Share
This principle asks how many students are talking or engaging at any given moment.
What is Simultaneous Interaction
Stand up and shout your loudedst kagan cheer :)
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This structure involves each student writing ideas on their own color-coded sticky notes.
What is Jot Thoughts
Students are doing Jot Thoughts, and write all their thoughts on one sticky note.
What is: Students write one thought on each sticky note during Jot Thoughts.
This structure involves high fives and pairing with new partners around the room.
Stand Up-Hand Up-Pair Up
This principle discourages letting one or two students dominate the conversation
What is Equal Participation?
This structure involves rotations and question cards for paired interactions.
What is Inside–Outside Circle
During Inside-Outside Circle, The teacher didn’t give students a prompt or question before beginning the circle.
What is: Always provide a clear prompt or question to guide student discussion?
This structure has students respond in a continuous, timed loop within teams.
What is Roundrobin
This principle is embedded in structures that prevent students from opting out silently.
What is Individual Accountability?