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These video segments demonstrate Mel Silberman's use of learning pairs in a faculty workshop about active learning.
1. Prediscussion in Pairs (Click to watch video)
Mel begins a topic with a handout and asks learners to read the handout and discuss it/draw conclusions about it in pairs.
2. Generating Ideas in Pairs (Click to watch video)
Mel has been lecturing about the reasons for using active learning strategies. He pauses in the lecture to pose a key question and engage the learners in discussion about the rationale for using active learning. He follows by soliciting several responses from the audience and briefly expounding on those responses.
3. Perception Check in Pairs (Click to watch video)
Mel concludes a lesson segment by engaging learners in pair discussion to recap major points and provide opportunity for clarification.
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The Process is basically the same every time you use learning pairs. Students discuss the given assignment, sometimes using handouts or other course materials as backgroud or stimulus information.
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Mel Silberman demonstrates two methods of soliciting feedback.
1. Specified Number of Responses (Click to watch video)
Ask for a specific number of responses from the audience. Identify the respondents as you select them by calling their names or pointing in their direction.
2. Call on the Next Speaker (Click to watch video)
Ask students to raise their hands if they wish to respond. Tell the first respondent to call on someone else who raised a hand. Continue to let the respondents call on another student, until you have heard from the desired number of respondents. Then stop the process.
Summary/Value
These active learning strategies engaged students in brief, pointed discussion. Everyone in class was actively involved in discussion. No one sat passively waiting for the teacher to tell them everything about the topic. Discussion allowed students to explore or clarify their understandings with one other student.
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