Concept maps

4. Concept maps • Spider, family tree, cluster, cloud

8. Vocabulary cards/charts • Vocabulary chart– you can add origin also • Can be used for vocabulary in any domain • For example: chemistry, maths, computers

9. KWHL • KWHL – learning through enquiry • What I Know, Want to learn, How to learn, Learnt • Good as a guide to a topic before, after class

11. Compare/contrastMatrix

12. Compare contrast Venn diagram

15. Fishbone diagram

16. Then there are • Flowcharts – all algorithmic thinking • Cycles – in operating systems, DBMS • Continuum - • Pie charts

20. And to beat it

21. Use by teacher and students • By teacher: • GOs already prepared and displayed as charts • Making while explaining • By students • As a small project/assignment for a group • End of class to assess understanding – can divide parts to groups • Give fully or partially blank GO for students to fill • Write text but don’t show the relationships • Ask them to find mistakes in a GO • Different levels of activity for differently abled students • Use it to revise

22. A teaser • Two very popular and common objects have the same function, but one has thousands of moving parts, while the other has absolutely no moving parts. What are they?

23. Active learning – without moving • Paired problem solving – one speaks, other solves • Start and finish • Twenty questions • Back-to-back descriptions

24. Active learning – group and movement • Jigsaw – fit it together • MasterMind – in a group one student becomes expert • One-by-one • I-P-O – for programming • Flash cards – memory games, sequencing etc

25. Seeking feedback when students don’t want to talk/ask • One minute paper • Muddiest point • Questions by group on a bench – slowly progressing to individual • Inter group quiz