Pairs
- Research a particular topic of interest to present to the class
- Work on a critical thinking exercise
- Review homework
- Think, pair, share
- Assign debatable topic, one person speaks for/the other against
- Student with correct answer goes and explains to another student who needs help
- Google key terms, figure, concept, etc. to begin discussion
- Role play
- Workshop activity where they give each other feedback on sections of an assignment
Small Group (4-6)
- Critical dialog in action
- Give students a topic, have them discuss, present key points to class.
- Field note observations on a particular campus event. Report findings to class.
- Jigsaw reading, analysis, discuss/present
- Peer review lab reports—paper conversion
- Role play groups to share competing ideas.
- Assign a topic to each student beforehand and make them present in the class the next day.
- Students read an article in prep for the class, then during class given case studies and have to explain actions they would take-they have to come to a consensus
Large Classroom
- Test reviewer - group students in small group 4-6. Each group has a theme name and competes to answer review questions. Give a prize at the end.
- Extra credit points offered for correct answers to first 10 students
- Form student groups (4-5 in each group) assign them a mini-project. Offer prizes for the best mini project.
- After a point is explained in lecture, students fill out a worksheet and turn it in for participation points.
- Divide class in half, create a quiz in which they are placed in teams, the team who answers questions correctly wins.
- Students write discussion questions about the readings and submit them before class. Faculty member aggregates questions and shares with students. Students access the group's questions for class discussion.
- Ideas Gallery
- Debate/news conference about a topic.
- Plickers - clickers used at the end of the session
Online
- Class built and shared wiki.
- Each member of class creates an online “poster” of a food science principle and then another member comments on it (the discussion on D2L).
- Peer review and smaller group in depth discussion of research papers and other assignments. While students read work off all- they are in depth respondents for small group together- 4 students/group.
- Use Qualtrics to collect data for in class exercise.
- Shared readings through Google docs to allow real time editing.
- Have students use Qualtrics to create surveys to send out to the class on a particular topic of interest. Report results to class. Provide a reflection note on the project via D2L.