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Talking Chips a Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategy

Talking Chips a Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategy. By Theresa Anson EDUC 474. Teammates place “Talking Chips” in the center of the table to make sure everyone contributes to the discussion.

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Talking Chips a Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategy

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  1. Talking Chips a Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategy By Theresa Anson EDUC 474

  2. Teammates place “Talking Chips” in the center of the table to make sure everyone contributes to the discussion.

  3. This activity equalizes the opportunity for participation. It also helps the teacher to monitor individual accountability.

  4. Step One The teacher provides a discussion topic and provides think time. Students are asked to discuss a topic in groups.

  5. Step Two Any student begins the discussion, as the student talks he/she places one of his/her chips in the center of the table.

  6. Step Three Any student with a chip continues discussing, using his/her chip. Once a student finishes talking, he/she cannot talk until every other “chip” has been tossed into the center. If a student does not have anything to share, they can place a chip in the center at the end.

  7. Step Four When all chips are used, teammates each collect their chips and continue the discussion using their talking chips.

  8. Modifications Students may be given just one chip each, or two chips. Students with no chips left must wait until teammates have used all their chips before they all collect their chip(s) and continue the discussion.

  9. Structure Functions • Interpersonal • Teambuilding * • Social Skills * • Communication Skills * • Academic • Knowledge building • Processing Information * • * Highly Recommended

  10. Multiple Intelligences Verbal/Linguistic Interpersonal/Social Kagan’s Cooperative Domains Thinking Skills Communication Skills Information Sharing

  11. Let’s Try It • Name all four operations • used for math problem • solving. (Grades 3 and up) • Name the objects that make • up our Solar System. • (Grades 2 and up) • List the facts, parts, and • importance of the • U.S. Constitution. • (Grades 8, 10, and 12)

  12. Uses • Post reading discussions for short stories, novels, texts, etc. • Character discussions • Critiquing progress • Making group goals • Vocabulary preview • Vocabulary review • Formative Assessment

  13. Advantages • Keeps one student from • monopolizing the discussion. • All students have an • opportunity to talk. • If a student has trouble • beginning the conversation, • they can toss in their chip • and say “Let’s get started.” • If a student is long winded • another student can toss in • their chip to begin their turn.

  14. Great way to teach students • to take turns. • Keeps all students involved.

  15. Sources http://weblink.scsd.us/~prodev/Humanities /other%20kagan%20structures.pdf http://www.horseheadsdistrict.com/ir/kagan/s41.htm http://meekersite.com/IPW/KAGAN%20Cooperative %20Learning/KAGAN%20Structures.htm http://wikiwomi.wikispaces.com/Talking+Chips http://edtech2.boisestate.edu/hermanb/edtech542 /documents/CulminatingEvent.pdf

  16. Thank You for participating in “Talking Chips”

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