How To Apply Team Game

Tournament in Your Classroom : Tips

for Teachers
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Hello educators, today’s post of my article is about a learning model

called Team Game Tournament (TGT). Basically, Team Tournament Game is
one of cooperative learning types. This model of learning can be applied in
various classrooms levels, such as elementary school, junior high school, senior
high school, or even university classes. In addition, this model also can be
applied in various lesson you are teaching in schools. However, this model is
quite dynamic to use in your classroom.

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The application of this learning model emphasizes the learning process in which
students work together with their peers in the classroom. Typically, students are
divided into groups of 4-6 students. When distributing students into groups,
teachers should consider the diversity of group members such as gender, race
and intelligence level.

The teacher's task is to present the material to the students and explain briefly or
as a facilitator. Then, students with their group peers work together and discuss
the topics they are studying. Each member of the group is accountable to the
other members, meaning they must explain the material they understand to their
peers until they all understand before they ask to the teacher.

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The following are the learning steps in the class that apply Team tournament
Group which is suggested by Slavin (2002) where the learning process is
divided into 4 learning stages, namely class presentation, teamwork, game and
team recognition
1. Class presentation

In the early stages of learning, teachers make presentations to students on topics

learned by students. Typically, this presentation is done with a lecture model
where the teacher presents the material and the students listen to what the
teacher is saying. Students are encouraged to really listen to the teacher's
presentation because it is very influential on their performance within their later
group. The more students understand what teachers say, it is easier for them to
work in groups at the second stage.

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2. Teamwork
After the teacher presents the topic of learning and other rules related to the
group, the teacher distributes the students into groups of 4-6 students. As I said
before, the teacher should consider heterogeneous group members that include a
level of intelligence, gender, and race. This means, each group should consist of
students who have high and low intelligence, male and female, and from
different backgrounds. The division of students into groups aims to make them
understand the deeper material through teamwork and discussion with their
peers. Students with higher intelligence are expected to help other peers through
the teamwork and discussion. So that, each member of the group is responsible
for the other members.

At this stage, students are encouraged to discuss the problems that arise,
compare each of the answers given by group members and encourage them to
solve problems and draw conclusions agreed upon by them together.

3. Game

In the game stage, the teacher can apply the game according to the lesson he/she
teach. Typically, games are held in conjunction with testing of a student's ability
to understand the material that has been presented by the teacher and discussed
in their group. For assessment in the game, the eacher usually give scores for
each group that successfully answers a question or completes a game well.
Then, based on the overall scores obtained by the groups, teachers sort groups to
determine the best group.
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4. Team recognition

In the last stage, after the game is over and the teacher calculates the score of
each group, the teacher rewards the best group. Based on the scores obtained,
teachers can categorize them into the best group, the great group and the good
group. Then, students are rewarded by the teacher for their achievement based
on teamwork. In this, the teacher may give a gift for students, appreciation, or
additional scores on their assignment.

In conclusion, this learning model is worth applying in the classroom where

you teach because it helps students to team up and foster responsibility for
others, and become autonomous learners. In addition, this learning model also
helps students who have lower ability to learn with their peers who have a
higher ability so as to foster social interaction among students in each group.