Cooperative Learning Example - Think-Pair-Share

Cooperative Learning Example
Think-Pair-Share

Think-Pair-Share

Think-pair-share is a simple, low risk cooperative group activity in which students can share and reflect on their ideas or answers with a partner before sharing with the large group. It can be used as a quick assessment tool to determine if students understand the basic concepts before moving on.

1) Teacher poses a question to the students and gives them a minute to think idependently about their responses.
2) Students then partner with a near-by student and discuss their responses or ideas to the question or problem posed.
3) In this brief activity students can verbalize their understandings, confirm what they understand with a partner or may determine what they do not understand

Variation -ask students to record their answers on a recipe card prior to sharing with a partner. The cards can be collected and used to assess student understandings.

* Adapted with permission from Kagan Publishing. Kagan, Spencer. Cooperative Learning. San Clemente, CA: Kagan Publishing, 1994. www.KaganOnline.com

Cooperative Learning Examples