Think-pair-share

Think-Pair-Share is a strategy designed to provide students with "food for thought" on a given topics enabling them to formulate individual ideas and share these ideas with another student or in a group.
 * What is it?**

Announce a discussion topic or problem to solve and give some time to think individually. Then discuss the topic in pairs and afterward discuss in small groups (4 students) and find a common solution..
 * What could it look like in a wiki classroom?**

Think-Pair-Share encourages a high degree of pupil response and can help keep students on task. It encourages to share opinion and find a common solution or compromise to the problem. It helps students develop conceptual understanding of a topic, develop the ability to filter information and draw conclusions, and develop the ability to consider other points of view.
 * What skills are developed in this method?**

[Source: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/think/]