Think, Pair, Share Activity

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Think, Pair, Share Activity

• 3001.7.2

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Description

• The think, pair, share strategy is a cooperative
  learning technique in which students think
  through questions using three distinct steps,
  encouraging individual participation. It is
  designed to provide students with "food for
  thought" on a given topic enabling them to
  formulate individual ideas and share these ideas
  with another student. Rather than using a basic
  recitation method in which a teacher poses a
  question and one student offers a response,
  Think-Pair-Share encourages a high degree of
  pupil response and can help keep students on
  task.

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Notes that might help

• Providing "think time" increases quality of
  student responses.
• Students become actively involved in thinking
  about the concepts presented in the lesson.
• Research tells us that we need time to mentally
  "chew over" new ideas in order to store them in
  memory. If we give students time to
  "think-pair-share" throughout the lesson, more of
  the critical information is retained.
• When students talk over new ideas, they are
  forced to make sense of those new ideas in terms
  of their prior knowledge. Their misunderstandings
  about the topic are often revealed (and resolved)
  during this discussion stage.
• Students are more willing to participate since
  they don't feel the peer pressure involved in
  responding in front of the whole class.
• Teachers who give think time ask higher level
  questions.
• Research tells us that students who have learned
  to use think time actually do better on
  standardized tests.

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Step-by-Step

• Print or view the view the images in this
  PowerPoint.
• Give participants 5 minutes to write down their
  individual thoughts to the following questions on
  their Think Pair Share Activity Sheet.
• What can you infer from the picture?
• What kind of conflict is conveyed in the picture?
• What is the mood in this picture? Explain your
  answer.
• What is the tone of the picture? Explain your
  answer.
• Then, in pairs, have groups share their
  individual thoughts. Pairs should summarize
  their common thoughts in the "Pair" section of
  their worksheet.
• Finally, pairs choose one major idea to share
  with the entire group. This should be written in
  the "Share" section of their worksheet.
• Tell participants that as an extension, students
  can write a story to go along with the picture.

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By yourself, look at the picture and think about
the following and write your answers.

• What can you infer from the picture?
• What kind of conflict is conveyed in the picture?
• What is the mood in this picture? Explain your
  answer.
• What is the tone of the picture? Explain your
  answer.
• Share your thinking with a partner. (Write your
  notes on paper.)
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• Share your ideas with the class. Write down some
  new things you have learned.

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