CAROUSEL

BRAINSTORMING
OBJECTIVES:
1. To be able to know what is Carousel Brainstorming

2. To be able to know the factors need to be considered in

implementing Carousel Brainstorming

3. To be able to know why use Carousel Brainstorming

4. To be able to know how to implement carousel brainstorming

WHAT IS CAROUSEL BRAINSTORMING?

• a strategy used to help students learn new information or review

existing information through movement and reflection

• strategy facilitates the development of group skills

(brainstorming, discussion, communicating information) and
also promotes active learning within the classroom.
FACTORS TO CONSIDER:

1. Arrangement of the classroom -  is arranged to include

various stations. It is important to number each station, to
enable easy movement .and avoid confusion around each
station.

2. Questions -  Each station will have a question that needs to be

answered by the groups.

3. Student groups - Students are divided into groups of four or

five
FACTORS TO CONSIDER:

4. Timing -  students are allotted three to five minutes to discuss

and write down their responses.

5. Discussion round - As an end to the session a discussion

can be initiated.
WHY USE CAROUSEL BRAINSTORMING

1. Tapping-into-Prior-Knowledge to informally assess how much

your participant/student knows about a given question or a
topic

2. Reviewing an assigned text, topic, theme.

3. Sharing and discussing information among participants to

address a proposed question and or topic.
WHY USE CAROUSEL BRAINSTORMING

4. Encouraging oral language development, by having students

use language within a specific context and content area.

5. Holding all students accountable by having each make a

contribution to the given question or topic (either verbally or in
writing).
IMPLEMENTING CAROUSEL BRAINSTORMING
1. Depending on what you are “Introducing” or “Reviewing” and
the size of your group of students, write at least 4-5 questions
or topics on chart papers that you will then post around the
room/classroom.

2. Then assign students to collaborative groups. At that time,

provide each student with a different colored marker

3. Each collaborative group is sent to one of the chart papers

and asked to review and discuss the posed question or topic.
IMPLEMENTING CAROUSEL BRAINSTORMING

4. After a brief discussion and sharing, each student is required

to write an individual response (with their colored marker) that
must be different from his/her colleagues.
QUESTIONS:
1. How will you be able to use Carousel Brainstorming in a classroom
basis?

2. How effective carousel brainstorming in strategies of learning?

3. How will you be able to assess learners after using carousel

brainstorming strategy?