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I remember when I first figured out the "power of the pair". I had walked onto our school library and the noise was way above what I would expect.
The Power Of The Pair
It’s not a ‘sit and be still’ classroom -and that means students are no longer viewed as a single learning ‘receptacle’. Be it concepts in the science lab, or reasoning for a development in world affairs their partner is always the first sounding board for that. They have a present and willing person to speak and listen to. We often switch partners, or move to larger groups, during activities but for the start/end of class students know who and where their ‘home partner’ is.
It’s not a ‘sit and be still’ classroom -and that means students are no longer viewed as a single learning ‘receptacle’. Be it concepts in the science lab, or reasoning for a development in world affairs their partner is always the first sounding board for that. They have a present and willing person to speak and listen to. We often switch partners, or move to larger groups, during activities but for the start/end of class students know who and where their ‘home partner’ is.
Check also:
- https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/practice/
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Collaboration
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Education+3.0
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Peer-to-Peer-Learning
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