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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.
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Group Ideas
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.
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