In Helping Trios, each student presents something they are working on and get help from classmates. Group students in trios and ask students to take a couple of minutes to complete the first question in the handout.
In their groups, each student will have a total of five minutes to speak:
- 2-3 min to describe their challenge.
- 2-3 min to get peer feedback and write it down in their notebooks.
Students do not want to give each other the answers but help each other by providing advice on how to figure out a way to solve their problem.
Have students keep their answers to the questions in a their so you and the student can track their improvement over time. This can be a supplement to any written feedback you have given the student.
- Groups group students into trios (You may need a group that has 2 students to accommodate the classroom roster).
- The length of the activity should be 10-15 minutes.
- Utilize breakout rooms to arrange students into their trios.
- Have students Students share document and/or share screen
- Consider having students use any of the following
- Loading the document directly to the breakout room
- Utilize Digital Whiteboard
- Consider having students use any of the following
- Teacher or Teaching Team should move about the breakout rooms to ensure students are engaging with each other
- If groups are not engaged, ask leading questions to get them sharing about their challenges
Students will be utilizing their classroom notebook to complete this activity. We have prepared a [student facing document][helping_trios_handout.md]] to give to your students.
This student facing document could be presented to students in a variety ways based on your classroom structure.
- This document could be displayed on a projector in the front of the classroom.
- The link to this document could be posted in your learning management
system.
- Consider a permanent link in the course to refer to quickly when it's needed.
- This document could be distributed in the chat feature in your classroom tool