MethodThree-Step Interview (Kagan, 1994)
Method
1. Students work with a partner within their group of four. The partners interview each other to find out their ratings of the books they have read.
2. Each student tells the other pair about the book read by his or her partner.
PIES Analysis: Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation, and Simultaneous Interaction
P |
If an interviewee has not prepared a review, the interviewer has nothing to report to the other pair. Groupmates rely on each other to share the content of their interview. |
I |
Each student is under pressure to read and to prepare a review so that interview questions can be answered. Each student is accountable for listening carefully to the interview partner, because the information must be shared with the other pair in the foursome. |
E |
Every student is interviewed, interviews, and shares findings with groupmates. |
S |
Two students per group (50% of the class) speak simultaneously when the interviews are being conducted, and one student per group (25% of the class) speaks when the group members report on their interviews. |
From “Reading Alone Together: Enhancing Extensive Reading via Student-Student Cooperation in Second-Language Instruction” by George Jacobs and Patrick Gallo.
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Posted February 2002