At the end of this activity, students should be better able to (select as many as apply):
analyse
evaluate
Divide the class into 5-6 groups (with no more than 8 participants per group).
Create a list of questions that you want the students to answer/solve. These could be multiple choice questions, problem sums, discrete short-answer questions, etc. The only thing that would not work are essay questions.
For this activity to work, you will need at least 36 questions for them to answer. Write each question on a separate card. (Refer to ‘Additional Recources’ if you need template for cards.)
Shuffle the cards with questions and distribute them equally amongst the groups.
From the question cards that they get, the group must select the one they most want to answer (this could be the one they find easiest or the one they think they could get the most points from, if different question cards offer different points).
They should keep that card and pass the remaining cards to the next group.
Now each group will have another deck of question cards. Once again, they should select only one card and pass the remaining.
Keep doing this until all cards are distributed. Now get the groups to answer the cards that they have been given.
Go through the answers and award points for correct answers. Group with the most points win.
15 MINUTES
Template for cards
Download ( Template for cards (Choosing Questions).pdf )
Deciding on which question they want to be responsible for encourages students to analyse questions in terms of their difficulty and also the possible points they offer. Deciding if the difficulty level is worth the point-value of the cards, and also if they have the ability to answer that question forces students not just to evaluate the value of things but also the level of their own knowledge.
Divide the class into 5-6 groups (with no more than 8 participants per group).
Create a list of questions that you want the students to answer/solve. These could be multiple choice questions, problem sums, discrete short-answer questions, etc. The only thing that would not work are essay questions.
For this activity to work, you will need at least 36 questions for them to answer. Write each question on a separate card. (Refer to ‘Additional Recources’ if you need template for cards.)
Shuffle the cards with questions and distribute them equally amongst the groups.
From the question cards that they get, the group must select the one they most want to answer (this could be the one they find easiest or the one they think they could get the most points from, if different question cards offer different points).
They should keep that card and pass the remaining cards to the next group.
Now each group will have another deck of question cards. Once again, they should select only one card and pass the remaining.
Keep doing this until all cards are distributed. Now get the groups to answer the cards that they have been given.
Go through the answers and award points for correct answers. Group with the most points win.
Template for cards
Deciding on which question they want to be responsible for encourages students to analyse questions in terms of their difficulty and also the possible points they offer. Deciding if the difficulty level is worth the point-value of the cards, and also if they have the ability to answer that question forces students not just to evaluate the value of things but also the level of their own knowledge.
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