Think-pair-share

Think-Pair-Share, developed by Lyman and associates, is a strategy designed to provide students with "food for thought" on a given topics enabling them to formulate individual ideas and share these ideas with another student, thus encouraging student classroom participation. This strategy can be adapted to any year level and any subject. **What is its purpose? ** **Student Benefits **
 * Think-Pair-Share **
 * Providing "think time" increases quality of student responses.
 * Students become actively involved in thinking about the concepts presented.
 * When students talk over new ideas, they are forced to make sense of those new ideas in terms of their prior knowledge. Their misunderstandings about the topic are often revealed (and resolved) during this discussion stage.
 * Students are more willing to participate since they don't feel the peer pressure involved in responding in front of the whole class.
 * Think-Pair-Share is easy to use on the spur of the moment.
 * Easy to use in large classes.
 * Students also have the opportunity to think aloud with another student about their responses before being asked to share their ideas publicly.
 * Provides an opportunity for all students to share their thinking with at least one other student; thus increasing their sense of involvement in classroom learning.
 * Students are given time to think through their own answers to the question(s) before the questions are answered by other peers and the discussion moves on.
 * Think-Pair-Share also benefits students in the areas of peer acceptance, peer support, academic achievement, self-esteem, and increased interest in other students and school.

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