Dear Colleagues,
Your group challenge was to solve the problem
of 15% of students not answering a question in lessons. Thank you for making this an easy email to
write as these are all your ideas and suggestions.
Using a ball or
cuddly toy or nominate
The teacher can pass a ball/toy to a student
after posing a question. After the
teacher is satisfied that the question has been answered the student can then
pass the ball/toy or nominate the next student.
This could be linked to snowballing as described by Mr Ashley allowing
the next student to build on the first response.
Name
Pencils/Lollipops/Random Name Generator
Very similar to the deck of cards idea
described by Mr Ashley. Each of these
allows for each student to be asked a question during the lesson. After a student has answered a question their
name could be returned to the box or they can be put down to one side. I would caution against putting them to one
side as the student may think they no longer have to answer a question and as a
result ‘switch off’.
I’ve also included a link to an example of a
Class Tools random name generator:
Use of external
rewards
Students could be provided with an incentive
such as a Dojo Point, free homework pass (which they can redeem at any point),
a Magnum ice cream or any other reward to encourage them to engage and attempt
to answer the question.
Use of
entry/exit tickets
There is some more information on the blog
about exit tickets which you can read by clicking on the link below. They are an excellent resource and can really
help planning for the next lesson as each student must complete the exit ticket
before leaving.
Use of eldest to
youngest
A good way to involve all the students.
Thank you for your excellent suggestions, I
hope these strategies will encourage greater student involvement and learning
from our lessons.
Best
regards,
Neil
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