Cooperative and active learning activities provide a means for your students to ‘take part’
in the learning process – both physically and mentally. In the full Lesson-ology™pack we provide more than twenty cooperative/active learning formats and activities, five Teach-Backs and six Student Involvers. The following samples give an idea of the type of activities included in the pack and can be used for any subject matter to enliven lessons and deepen learning and retention.
Active/Cooperative Activity 6
Speed Dating
Overview: If you can get past the name this is a very useful activity which enables all pupils in a group to have brief contact with each other. The uses include offering feedback to each other, sharing views and ideas, swapping and comparing data, getting to know new members very quickly etc.
Number of people: Any group size.
Materials: A clipboard for each pupil, a horn or buzzer to signify the end of each ‘date’
and a large timer on display. (There is a suitable Timer in your Whiteboard Tools & Resources folder as part of this program). Templates and/or writing frames may be required for slow workers who may have difficulty recording information quickly.
Time: Various, depending on situation – from 15 to 55 minutes
Directions:
1. Explain the questions which are to be discussed/answered throughout the activity. A list of questions or suitable data could be provided for each pupil.
2. Arrange a line of tables with rows of chairs either side, facing each other. Larger groups may require two or more lines of tables. An extra single chair is placed at the end of the line of tables. (Each person must take a turn in this ‘Review chair’ otherwise partners
‘meet’ each other too quickly so in the case of even numbers in the group, the teacher must also take part).
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