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Grouping Ideas for Adult Learners
Strategies for how to stimulate learning by working in partners or small groups to articulate ideas and understandings and to uncover incomplete ideas to drive inquiry.
Spinner - Select a spinner that has different colors on it: red, blue, green, yellow (if 5 participants are at a table, add purple as a color) 1) Each participant at a table selects a color that matches a color on the spinner. 2) Presenter spins. The participant that selected the color on the spinner stands. 3) Presenter spins a second time. The 2nd participant identified stands. 4) Both participants move to a different table.
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"Sole" mate - Find someone with the same shoes you have on and partner up.
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Fish pond - Walk around, find a partner before the music stops, when you find your partner, go to the “banks” (sides) of the room. It is then easier for participants to see who still needs a partner b/c they are still in the “pond” (middle) of the room.