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THINK PAIR SHARE

STRATEGY

Anitta George
I B.Ed English

Think-Pair-Share
Strategy
Think-Pair-Share is cooperative
learning strategy that can promote
and support higher level thinking.
The teacher asks students to think
about a specific topic, pair with
another student to discuss their
own thinking, and then share their
ideas with the group

Think: Students think independently about the

question that has been posed, forming ideas of
their own.
Pair: Students are grouped in pairs to discuss
their thoughts. This step allows students to
articulate their ideas and to consider those of
others.
Share: Student pairs share their ideas with a
larger group, such as the whole class. Often,
students are more comfortable presenting ideas
to a group with the support of a partner. In
addition, students' ideas have become more
refined through this three-step process.

Steps
Decide on how to organize students into pairs.
Pose a discussion topic or pose a question.
Give students at least 10 seconds to think on their own. (think time).
Ask students to pair with a partner and share their thinking.
Call on a few students to share their ideas with the rest of the class.

Hints and Management Ideas

Pre-assign partners. Rather than waiting until the discussion time,
indicate in advance who students partners will be. Otherwise, the focus
may become one of finding a partner rather than of thinking about the
topic at hand.
Change partners. Students should be given an opportunity to think with
a variety of partners.
Give think time.
Monitor the discussions. It is important to listen to some of the
discussions so that common misconceptions can be addressed and
unique ideas shared with the whole group

Benefits of Think-Pair-Share
When students have appropriate think time, the quality of their responses
improves.
Students are actively engaged in the thinking.
Thinking becomes more focused when it is discussed with a partner.
More of the critical thinking is retained after a lesson if students have an
opportunity to discuss and reflect on the topic.
Many students find it safer or easier to enter into a discussion with
another classmate, rather than with a large group.
No specific materials are needed for the strategy, so it can easily be
incorporated into lessons.
Building on the ideas of others is an important skill for students to learn

Why Is It Important?
Students need many opportunities to talk in a linguistically rich environment.
Researchers have found that students' learning is enhanced when they have many
opportunities to elaborate on ideas through talk (Pressley 1992).
The think, pair, share strategy increases the kinds of personal communications that are
necessary for students to internally process, organize, and retain ideas (Pimm 1987).
In sharing their ideas, students take ownership of their learning and negotiate meanings
rather than rely solely on the teacher's authority (Cobb et al. 1991).
Additional benefits of using the think, pair, share strategy include the positive changes in
studentsself-esteem that occur when they listen to one another and respect others'
ideas. Students have the opportunity to learn higher-level thinking skills from their peers,
gain the extra time or prompting they may need, and gain confidence when reporting
ideas to the whole class. In addition, the "pair" step of the strategy ensures that no
student is left out of the discussion

Reference
Social studies in the classroom trends
and methods by P.k. sudheesh kumar
and P.P. Noushad
https://www.teachervision.com/groupwork/cooperative.../48547.html