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ACTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIESNC New Teacher Support Program
UNC Charlotte Coaches
HEAR IT OR LEARN IT?
Hear it: lecture is best (quick and easy) Learn it: a little more complicated
Learning – enabling students to remember and use the information given
To learn, you need to have high-interest, content related, active involvement
And here’s how…
CONNECTION COLLECTIONS
Teacher provides students with box or bag with objects related to upcoming topic
Students attempt to predict what the topic will be and infer the relationships between the objects
TIP: keep the students’ inferences and items visible throughout the unit
CONNECTION COLLECTION (EXAMPLE 1)
CONNECTION COLLECTION (EXAMPLE 2)
SURVEYS Design surveys for students to take Survey Questions
Agree or Disagree
Comment Agree or Disagree Explanation
It is important for my family to approve of who I date.
o Likert-Scale
Statement Scale 1 (not at all)-4 (very)
Explanation
Juliet is brave. 1 2 3 4
Romeo is a whiner.
1 2 3 4
o Use as a pre or post-assessment
VOCABULARY TIC TAC TOE (VERSION 1)
Students must choose three activities to complete with vocabulary words
VOCABULARY TIC TAC TOE (VERSION 2)
Students must write 8 sentences using vocabulary words in each direction
PASS THE PAPER
Stop students after a short time of lecture and ask, “If you were going to be quizzed on what you just heard, what would be one of the questions?”
Student writes question, passes to neighbor who answers question, then passes to third student who checks answer
Elicits class discussion about misconceptions
READIN
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THE ABC OF __________.
Provide students with a topic. Create a table with the letters of the
alphabet. Instruct students to write words, phrases, or
sentences that are related to the topic for each letter of the alphabet.
Let’s try with the topic of TEACHING! Advice
Group students and have them work together Tell students they don’t have to go in order. Give a time limit and make it a contest Most letters in 10 minutes win.
CHARACTER MAPPING
Head: Thoughts Eyes: See Mouth: Say Ears: Hear Stomach: Feel Heart: Care about/love Hands: Do Arms: Strengths Legs: Where have they been? Feet: Where does the person go?
I HAVE, WHO HAS
Each student and the teacher receive a card with a question and unrelated answer
The teacher reads the question on his/her card, the student with the answer says, “I have ____, Who has _____?”
This continues until a student reads a question matching the teacher’s answer
I HAVE:12
WHO HAS:5x8
I HAVE:40
WHO HAS:2x9
I HAVE:18
WHO HAS:7x10
I HAVE:70
WHO HAS:4x4
I HAVE:16
WHO HAS:3x4
Conclusion
Questions
Comments
Concerns