COMPONENT: Interaction
Description:
Group Response with a White Board fosters interaction while promoting
individual thought. Students are grouped heterogeneously and each group is
given a number. Each student in the group has paper and pencil, and each team
has a white board and marking pen. The teacher then asks a question about a
topic the class has been studying.
After following sufficient wait-time, ask students to individually jot
down their responses to a question, even if it’s a “best guess” answer. Cue
team members to share their responses with each other, and students then
determine the best response and student recorder writers it on the white board.
It is important that all team members help each other by making sure each
student knows the answer. When all teams have written on their white boards,
the teacher spins a spinner or rolls a die and according to the number, one
group holds up their answer with the rest of the class. Each team must support
its answer. If the answer is wrong, emphasize that it was a team response that
was incorrect. Spin or roll the die to select another team until the correct
answer appears on a white board. The team (and class) then discuss the question
and answer so that everyone is able to answer it correctly. Team points can be
awarded. Group Response with a White Board is a wonderful way for students to
assess their own understanding of key concepts in a low-risk environment.
