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a debate where they walk to a position of agreement or opposition with a topic.
benefits to student:

express opinion

fun

communication skills

benefits to teacher:

can engage class

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assigning group rules within a group such as leader, time keeper, scribe, resource manager,  speaker etc.
benefits to teacher:

everyone has role

efficient groups

Benefits to student:

inclusion

fairness

can concentrate on different aspects of the work

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Students are given time to  think about a topic individually then in pairs then as a class group.
benefits to students:   opportunity to think about a topic

hear other class members ideas.

benefits to teacher:

encouraging individual and group work.

high quality contributions in the class discussion.

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in groups, the students get a large sheet which is divided into sections for each group member and one extra central section. The students each fill in their ideas on an assigned topic in a section each and then speak about it as a group and put together their ideas in the central section.
Benefits to the teacher:

can get a quick and easy overview of student knowledge.

Benefits to the student:

allows students to think individually

share their ideas in a group

add to their own ideas

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several boxes with 1 different item in each are given out to the class and they must predict what they think is in the box by shaking it. They must first write a description of what they hear in the box and then write down what they  think the item is. the key is to never tell them what is in the boxes.
benefits to students:

promotes inquiry

encourages them to use logic.

Benefits to teacher:

encourages and  engages students.

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one or more person from each base group separates out into another group and works on an activity. They then come back together and present/share their findings to home group.
Benefits to teacher:

can get several activities completed at the same time.

Benefits to students:

can be involved in a variety of groups

present their findings back to their peers

learn from their peers

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This is time given to students by the teacher to think about and add to a concept. Perhaps a teacher might use wait time after asking a question to the class.
Benefits to students:

not put on the spot to answer

have time to give a high  quality response.

Benefits to teacher:

allowing for quality answers

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Teacher can pull names from a jar of Popsicle sticks with the class' names on them.
Benefits to students:

variety

engaged in the question

Benefits to teacher:

control over who they ask

questions appear to be random.

can put several of the one name in the jar.

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Get students to write down something on a mini white board. It could be used for assessing peers, or to asses prior knowledge or to draw a diagram. There are many different uses of show me boards.
benefits to teacher:

method of assessing students

Benefits to students:

fun

engaging

self assessment

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Ask the students to indicate how confident they feel about a topic using Green, Red and yellow cups.
Benefits to teacher:

assess students formatively.

Benefits to student:

self assessment

way of asking for help

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Ask the class to write down their thoughts on a topic on a post it and ask them to post it on the wall at the beginning of the class
benefits to students:

gets students thinking

can be anonymous

self-assessment

Benefits to teachers:

assess students prior knowledge,

plan how long need to spend on a topic.

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Teachers may set up a question box where students can put any questions they have into as they leave the classroom.
Benefit to students:

anonymous

Benefits to teachers:

find out what students may be having problems with