CTE Project Director
As
educators, we are often guilty of rushing at the end of a lesson and not
planning enough time to summarize what has been presented. There are many strategies that can be used to
allow students to focus on the main points of the lesson. Here are two strategies that could be easily
incorporated into a lesson plan:
1. Review Strategy #1
a. Ask
each student to write, on one sheet/slip of paper, a sentence summing up the
main message learned
b. Students
then pair up and each student in the pair has one minute to convince the other
student that his/her main point is the key one.
c. Those
two then pair off with another pair, with the same conditions.
d. Those
four students then line up with another four and discuss until finally a
spokesperson is appointed to announce the main point.
e. The
instructor should allow about two minutes for each segment, and a little longer
for an all-in debate at the end.
2. Review
Strategy #2
a. Give
all students five minutes to write single sentence summaries of all the main
points they have learned-each on a separate sheet/slip of paper.
b. Each
student then attaches his/her sheets/slips to a wall.
c. Students
each then start moving the sheets/slips about, matching like with like,
discussing the reasons.
d. The
size of each selection of main points will then help consolidate the class
conclusions and enable the instructor to sum up the lesson.
Source: Dryden, G. and Vos, J. (1999).
The Learning Revolution. Torrance, CA:
The Learning Web.
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