Quick and easy ideas to spice up your lessons, brought to you by @russeltarr. I teach History but many of these ideas will be transferable to other subjects too!
The Jigsaw Group technique is one that I use a lot to ensure that students work efficiently with each other on research projects and report back with their [...]
I am trying to get into the habit of getting regular feedback from my students about what I am covering with them, and how I am doing so. For example, are [...]
I am a big fan of group work tasks as a way of getting students interacting with each other and sharing their expertise. peer assessment slips are useful [...]
When conducting group work, there is always a danger that certain students might take a bit of a back seat and let their teammates do all the work. To [...]