Think+Pair+Share

media type="youtube" key="YGCyk_QaC0I" height="315" width="420" align="center" This movie give a brief overview of what think-pair-share is.

How helps english language learners: Students work together. This would be especially helpful if one student is better at the second language than the other they can then help each other out by correcting and discussing.

What is it? Steps Purpose: Helps develope Student benefits Teacher benefits Management/tips Why use:
 * Helps students form their own ideas and then share with others
 * Encourages classroom participation
 * 1) Teacher decides how to organize students into pairs
 * 2) Pose topic or question
 * 3) Give at least ten seconds to think (think time)
 * 4) Students pair up and share their thinking
 * 5) Call on a few students to share with the rest of the class
 * Time for students to activiely think
 * Talking over new ideas helps make sure they understand
 * uncover misunderstandings while sharing
 * every student participates
 * Conceptual understanding of a topic
 * ability to filter information and draw conclusions
 * ability to consider other points of view
 * Time to think through own answers
 * opportunity to think aloud with other students before publically announcing it
 * Also helps with
 * peer acceptance
 * peer support
 * accademic achievement
 * self-esteem
 * increased interest in other students and school
 * Students spend more time on task
 * more willing to respond
 * quality of responses improves
 * pre-assign partners
 * change partners (for students to work with different people)
 * Monitor discussions
 * Timed-pair-share: each partner gets certain amount of time
 * Students learn by talking about context--> this gives structure
 * accountability is built in because students are reporting to a partner and then partners report to the class