New Activity
Play Matching Pairs

Role of Learner

Co-construction of Knowledge

Role of Teacher

Information Gap

Envelope Activity

Dual Coding

Communicative Task

Y Diagram

Teacher Centered Classroom

Learner Centered Classroom

Wait Time

Muddle

A graphic tool that can be used to compare and contrast two different concepts or ideas.

An environment in which the teacher is the primary source of knowledge.

A hands-on task that requires the physical manipulation of words, phrases, sentences, and/or images.

An activity in which students are missing information necessary to complete a task or solve a problem and must communicate with one another to fill in the missing pieces.

Learners collaborate to create new information based on existing background knowledge.

A cognitively engaging endeavor that requires learners to achieve an outcome or product through multiple communicative acts.

Struggle to solve problems and make meaning from new content, ideas, and concepts.

An environment in which students are actively engaged in the learning process and are responsible for their own learning.

To participate, self-assess, use strategies, and collaborate.

To plan, guide, facilitate, motivate, and assess.

Allowing students the chance to think after posing them a question.

Associating verbal and nonverbal information together in order to aide learning.