Flash 15: Analytic Teams
Analytic teams is a collaborative learning technique that develops analytical skills by putting students in groups in which each student assumes a role needed for critical analysis.
Flash 15: Assignment Wrappers
Assignment wrappers are a strategy to encourage reflective practice that supports study skills and deeper engagement with course materials before or after students complete big assignments.
Flash 15: Background Knowledge Probe
Background knowledge probe is a quick activity designed to set the stage for new learning experiences using recall and reflection. It helps identify strengths, gaps, misconceptions, and lived experiences that students bring to your course.
Flash 15: Cooperative Group Work Contracts
Cooperative group work contract supports students to build towards a more inclusive form of group work. These contracts are appropriate for students working in the same groups over time.
Flash 15: Gallery Walks
A small class discussion activity that uses collaboration and movement to tap into higher order thinking.
Flash 15: Jigsaw Technique
The Jigsaw Technique is a two-step teaching structure that supports student ownership over course content through discussion and synthesis and promotes cooperative learning.
Keywords is a teaching activity that encourages close reading of texts and can be particularly helpful in theory-based courses in the humanities and social sciences (or any course that involves complex readings).
A systematic evidence-based strategy for eliciting student class participation that diversifies student voices, increases overall student engagement, and promotes classroom equity and belonging.
Flash 15: Retrieval Practice
Retrieval practice is a learning strategy that provides students with opportunities to recall information in order to solidify the information in students' long-term memory.