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Quizzing and Polling

Quizzing and Polling Quizzing and polling are active learning strategies that involve students responding to…

Pre-Testing

Pre-Testing Pre-testing involves giving students a short, low-stakes quiz or set of questions before formal…

Place the Term/Group Sorting

Place the Term/Group Sorting The ‘Group Sorting/Place the Term’ method involves presenting students with a…

One-Minute Paper

One-Minute Paper The One-Minute Paper is a quick technique where students spend 60 seconds writing…

Muddiest Point

Muddiest Point The “Muddiest Point” is a classroom assessment technique (C.A.T.) that allows students to…

Concept Mapping

Concept Mapping Concept Mapping is a visual learning strategy where learners create diagrams to represent…

Clarification Pauses

Clarification Pauses Clarification Pauses/The Pause Procedure involves taking strategic pauses during a lecture to allow…

Brainstorming

Individual Activity Brainstorming Brainstorming is a flexible, student-centred strategy that promotes the generation of ideas,…

Ask an Expert

Individual Activity Ask an Expert The ‘Ask an Expert’ active learning method involves students engaging…

Think-Pair-Share

Individual Activity Think-Pair-Share Think-Pair-Share (TPS) is a scaffolding technique devised by Frank Lyman in the…