Best Practices for the Think-Pair-Share Active-Learning Technique

Kristine Prahl

doi:10.1525/abt.2017.79.1.3

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Kristine Prahl¹

¹Kristine Prahl is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin—Marathon County, 518 S. 7th Ave., Wausau, WI 54401, USA; e-mail: . kristine.prahl@uwc.edu

Abstract

“Think-pair-share” is a widely known active-learning technique. I summarize some of the best practices to use and some pitfalls to avoid when designing a think-pair-share activity for the classroom. Describing a think-pair-activity that I used to teach about biotechnology, I discuss question writing, logistics, assessment, and useful applications of think-pair-share in the science classroom.

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Kristine Prahl "Best Practices for the Think-Pair-Share Active-Learning Technique," The American Biology Teacher 79(1), 3-8, (1 January 2017). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2017.79.1.3

Published: 1 January 2017