MethodRound Robin (Kagan, 1994)
Method
1. Students share their individual art projects, working in groups of four. One at a time, moving around the group in a clockwise direction, each student stands, shows the art project to the group, and explains its significance in relation to the book he or she has read.
2. The person to the speaker’s right asks a question or makes a comment.
PIES Analysis: Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation, and Simultaneous Interaction
P |
The group cannot complete Round Robin unless everyone takes his or her turn. Each person needs a groupmate to ask a question. Sharing art relating to the reading improves comprehension and retention for both the presenter and the students hearing the presentation. |
I |
Students are accountable for creating an art project, sharing it, asking a groupmate a question or making a comment, and answering a groupmate’s question or responding to a comment. |
E |
Every group member has a turn to show and explain her or his art project. |
S |
Twenty-five percent of the class -- that is, one student per group -- is speaking simultaneously when presentations are made or when questions and comments are being shared. |
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