Module 4: Improving student collaboration

Time: approximately two hours

This module is designed to help teachers to:

• consider the characteristics of student-student discussion that benefit learning;
• recognise and face their own worries about introducing collaborative discussion;
• explore techniques for promoting effective student-student discussion;
• consider their own role in managing student-student discussion;
• plan discussion based lessons.

Resources

Activity F refers to a video clip. The clip can be accessed directly from the PowerPoint or by clicking on the icon below.
Activity F

Click below to access another module:

• Module 1: Introducing formative assessment
• Module 2: Using students’ mistakes to promote learning
• Module 3: Improving questioning
• Module 4: Improving student collaboration
• Module 5: Students becoming assessors
• Module 6: Using technology for formative assessment