Active Processing Strategies

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Active Processing Strategies
Four Corners Teacher announces corners. Students
think write. Students go to corners. Small
groups discuss.
Jumbled Summary At the end of a segment of
teacher-directed instruction, ask participants to
work in pairs to create a graphic summary of how
they would organize information, reach a
conclusion, or interact differently based on the
demonstration you provided.

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• One thing that squares with my beliefs.
• Three points that I want to remember.
• One question that is still rolling around in my
  head.

ABC Summary At the end of an explanation or
demonstration, give each student a different
letter of the alphabet ask them to think of one
word or phrase beginning with that letter that is
connected to the topic. Use the responses for a
whole class discussion review or as a lead-in to
a writing assignment.
Draw A Picture At the end of a segment of
teacher-directed instruction, ask participants to
work in pairs to create a graphic summary of how
they would organize information, reach a
conclusion, or interact differently based on the
demonstration you provided.
Whip-Around Everyone in the room will stand up
and share one thing he/she learned about You may
sit as soon as youve contributed a new idea.