20. WAGON WHEEL (Discussion, Questioning)
Description: Students are actively engaged as both “giver” and “receiver” of information.
Application: This technique occurs when the teacher asks critical questions and students can expand, elaborate, and share their ideas with others.
Process: Create multi-level questions based on the topic. Divide students into two groups, forming inside and outside circles. Pose a question to the class, directing the two students facing each other to talk for a brief time (usually 30–60 seconds). Tell students that at the signal, the outer circle rotates one position to the left to face a new partner. Ask another question, allowing for conversation to continue. Have students write and turn in a summary of the wheel.
Description: Students are actively engaged as both “giver” and “receiver” of information.
Application: This technique occurs when the teacher asks critical questions and students can expand, elaborate, and share their ideas with others.
Process: Create multi-level questions based on the topic. Divide students into two groups, forming inside and outside circles. Pose a question to the class, directing the two students facing each other to talk for a brief time (usually 30–60 seconds). Tell students that at the signal, the outer circle rotates one position to the left to face a new partner. Ask another question, allowing for conversation to continue. Have students write and turn in a summary of the wheel.
Reference and/or for more information:
20. Wagon Wheel
http://www.nsrfharmony.org.
20. Wagon Wheel
http://www.nsrfharmony.org.
