Think pair share

Enhance classroom participation and critical thinking skills with think pair share activities. Discover effective strategies to encourage collaborative learning and active engagement among students.
People Having A Conversation, School Finds, College Lectures, Think Pair Share, Cooperative Learning Strategies, Differentiation Strategies, Turn And Talk, Shy Kids, Verbal Communication

Starting Strong with "Transformative," Simple Think-Pair-Share

In order for my students to progress to successful pop-up debates, and to drastically increase the quantity of speaking they'll do during their time in my room, I need to start with the simplest possible training ground for verbal communication: two people having a conversation. Toward that end, the first week of school finds me teaching Frank Lyman's classic Think-Pair-Share routine, and the rest of the weeks of school have me using it for roughly 80 percent of the student speaking that…

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Michelle Nelson