Team Quiz (Collaborative Learning)

OVERVIEW

This team technique increases the students' accountability for what they are learning in a fun and non-threatening way.

PROCEDURE

1.  Choose a topic that can be presented in three segments.

2.  Divide the students into three teams.

3.  Explain the format of the session and start the presentation. Limit it to 10 minutes or less.

4.  Have Team A prepare a short-answer quiz. The quiz should take no more than 5 minutes to prepare. Teams B and C use this time to review their notes.

5.  Team A quizzes a member of Team B. If Team B cannot answer a question, Team C gets a shot at it.

6.  Team A directs its next question to a member of Team C, and repeats the process.

7.  When the quiz is over, continue with the second segment of your lesson, and appoint Team B as quizmasters.

8.  After Team B completes its quiz, continue with the third segment of your lesson, and appoint Team C as quizmaster.

VARIATIONS

1.  Give teams prepared quiz questions from which they select when it is their turn to be quizmaster.

2.  Conduct one continuous lesson. Divide students into two teams. At the end of the lesson, have the two teams quiz each other.