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Teaching STEM

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Head, Heart, Hands

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy encourages students to engage their head for critical analysis, their heart for emotional reflection, and their hands for practical application of what they have learned.

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Compass Sharing

Teaching STEM

This strategy helps students engage in small group sharing and ensures equal opportunity for voice through its structured process.

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Walk and Talk

Teaching STEM

This strategy helps students by providing a safe context for discussing ideas, exploring new concepts or content and applying learning in different contexts.

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Flip It!

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students gain new perspectives about an issue or topic and supports problem-solving.

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Circle of Control, Influence and Concern

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students identify challenges and then consider areas where they can focus attention on actions.

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Fishbone

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students analyze the underlying cause and effect of problems.

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Plus, Minus, Interesting

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students examine ideas, concepts, and experiences from more than one perspective before drawing conclusions or making decisions.

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Card Sort

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students sort and categorize concepts based on meaning.

Illustration of two individuals sharing ideas

Two Minute Review

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students process and consolidate new information through an active learning process.

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Jigsaw

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students to divide larger amounts of information into smaller, more manageable chunks and engages students in collaborative learning.

Creative student looks into the distance

Think, Puzzle, Explore

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students activate prior knowledge and generate questions about a topic.

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Troika Consulting

Teaching STEM

This learning strategy helps students find solutions with the support of a collaborative group.

Two students discussing a topic

Give one, Get one

Teaching STEM

This strategy helps students organize ideas and share their thinking with others.

Paper people cutouts in concentric circles

Inside-Outside Circles

Teaching STEM

This strategy helps students share ideas with peers in a structured fashion.

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Bumper Stickers

Teaching STEM

This strategy supports students in synthesizing their learning of a main idea or principle.