At the end of this activity, students should be better able to (select as many as apply):
be proactive
Divide the class into groups of 5 to 6.
Tell the class they will be having a test at the end of the lesson but they are going to determine the questions asked.
Give the groups 7 minutes. In that 7 minutes they should write down 5 questions they think should be asked in the test on separate pieces of paper then put them up on the board. At the end of 7 minutes, there should be multiple test questions up on the board. Leave duplicate questions on the board.
Based on the total number of questions, determine how many questions each group will answer by dividing the number of questions by the number of groups.
Now pick the first group who volunteers without knowing what they will have to do.
That group identifies from the question on the board the first set of questions for a particular group. (For example, if each group has to answer 5 questions, this student should pick any 5 questions.) They can make the decision based on any criteria they want. However, they should know that the next group who volunteers will then decide if they want those questions for themselves or if they will allow the first group to keep those questions. So the group should not pick only easy questions (which will give the next group a huge benefit as they will pick it for themselves) nor pick only difficult questions (as they might then be chosen to answer them).
So the first group selects a set of questions and the second group decides which of the two of them will answer it.
Then get the third group to come forward and repeat what the first group has done and a fourth group to do what the second group has down.
Keep going with all groups who have not as yet received questions until all questions are assigned.
Then get the groups to answer those questions and award points.
The group with the most points wins.
25 MINUTES
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Getting students to decide on the questions to select is an interesting process. Which questions to they pick? Which do they combine? Is it better to be the one who selects the set of questions or selects which group should do the questions. Making the students make these decisions themselves encourages them to be proactive
Divide the class into groups of 5 to 6.
Tell the class they will be having a test at the end of the lesson but they are going to determine the questions asked.
Give the groups 7 minutes. In that 7 minutes they should write down 5 questions they think should be asked in the test on separate pieces of paper then put them up on the board. At the end of 7 minutes, there should be multiple test questions up on the board. Leave duplicate questions on the board.
Based on the total number of questions, determine how many questions each group will answer by dividing the number of questions by the number of groups.
Now pick the first group who volunteers without knowing what they will have to do.
That group identifies from the question on the board the first set of questions for a particular group. (For example, if each group has to answer 5 questions, this student should pick any 5 questions.) They can make the decision based on any criteria they want. However, they should know that the next group who volunteers will then decide if they want those questions for themselves or if they will allow the first group to keep those questions. So the group should not pick only easy questions (which will give the next group a huge benefit as they will pick it for themselves) nor pick only difficult questions (as they might then be chosen to answer them).
So the first group selects a set of questions and the second group decides which of the two of them will answer it.
Then get the third group to come forward and repeat what the first group has done and a fourth group to do what the second group has down.
Keep going with all groups who have not as yet received questions until all questions are assigned.
Then get the groups to answer those questions and award points.
The group with the most points wins.
None
Getting students to decide on the questions to select is an interesting process. Which questions to they pick? Which do they combine? Is it better to be the one who selects the set of questions or selects which group should do the questions. Making the students make these decisions themselves encourages them to be proactive
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