Kagan Structure: Talking Chips by Kennedy Adams

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What it is:

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A cooperative learning strategy that helps distribute participation during group discussions.

When and how to use it:

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This strategy is useful during whole or small group discussions.

Each student is given the same amount of "talking chips" (tokens, slips of paper, poker chips). The teacher will present a discussion topic, and if breaking up into small groups, that is done now. Each person will participate in the discussion by putting a chip in the middle of the circle each time after they speak. This ensures that everyone is participating equally in the discussion.

Sample activity: Literature Circle

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After reading their assigned chapters in their chapter book, students would break out into literature circle groups. Each person would get 2 or 3 "talking chips" and take turns discussing the chapters they read. Each time after they add to the discussion, they would put a "talking chip" in the middle of the circle to show they have used a turn.

Voice recording:

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