Utilizing The three-2-1 Studying Technique For Crucial Pondering – TeachThought

by Terry Heick

What’s the 3-2-1 technique? The three-2-1 technique is just a format that may body–effectively, actually something.

Examples Of The three-2-1 Technique

It doesn’t even should be about about educating and studying. You would possibly ask somebody to call…

3 of your favourite genres of music, 2 of your favourite songs, and 1 sample you seen making that checklist of genres and songs

3 cities you’ve visited, 2 of your favourite reminiscences of these 3 cities, and 1 place you’d prefer to go subsequent

3 causes of air pollution, 2 options that might assist deal with these causes, and 1 factor an individual can do every single day to assist instantly/have a direct impact

You get the concept. It’s only a easy method to body a subject or process, making it appear accessible and ‘fast.’ For lecturers, this implies the opportunity of greater scholar engagement and extra doable makes use of in your classroom, from journal or dialogue prompts to evaluation kinds or exit slips.

The most typical use of 3-2-1 I’ve seen is in response to a studying or lesson–normally 3 belongings you realized, 2 issues that made you curious or confused, and 1 most vital factor you realized or ought to do with what you’ve realized.

Utilizing The three-2-1 Studying Technique For Crucial Pondering

In 15 Reflection Methods To Assist College students Retain What You Simply Taught Them, I wrote, “3-2-1 is a tried-and-true method to body something from a pair-share or journal entry (e.g., ask college students to write down 3 issues they assume they know, 2 issues they know they don’t know, and one factor they’re sure of a few matter) pre-assessment to a post-assessment (e.g., checklist 3 ways your essay mirrored mastery of ability X, two methods ability Y nonetheless wants bettering, and a method you can also make your argument stronger within the subsequent 5 minutes) to a mirrored image of the post-assessment.”

In going again and rereading the publish lately, it occurred to me that the 3-2-1 (or 1-2-3–and even simply 2-1 and 1-2) format is perhaps a easy technique for important considering. The ‘3-2-1’ sequence itself doesn’t maintain vital potential apart from its skill to border the potential of different methods.

Be aware that these are simply tough examples of utilizing the 3-2-1 for studying. Be at liberty to take any of those and enhance them or create your personal based mostly on an concept you get studying them. : )

Additionally notice, I take advantage of generally obscure or imprecise phrases like ‘factor’ and ‘identify’ and ‘may have’ and ‘might need.’ I did this to make it common sufficient to be plainly helpful to a variety of grade ranges of content material areas. The ‘factor’ will be something from fractions or the water cycle to a dialogue about Shakespearean sonnets. (In that approach, it’s just like the 6 Domains Of Cognition TeachThought Studying Taxonomy.)

The purpose I hope to make is that the 3-2-1 technique is an easy method to body something–which implies it’s a great tool for educating important considering.

Analytical/Conceptual

3 variations between metaphors and symbolism, 2 issues they’ve in frequent, and 1 common impact on a textual content that they every have

3 underlying assumptions of democracy, 2 frequent misunderstandings of democracy, 1 cause democracies have endured as a type of fashionable authorities

You might even have requested college students to call 3 strengths of democracy, 2 types of democracy, and 1 approach it might need to evolve to keep up relevance in a altering world (misinformation, deep fakes, propaganda, partisanship, and so forth.)

Write 3 questions on the recall or understanding stage, 2 questions on the ‘apply’ stage, and 1 query on the consider stage

Dialogue/Listening/Debate

3 methods you agree, 2 methods you disagree, and 1 factor you realized (or that stunned you) throughout your dialog

3 issues they stated, 2 factors they made, 1 factor you’d prefer to know extra about

3 issues I do know (usually) about mindset, 2 examples of the impact of mindset (usually), 1 factor I’ve seen about my mindset right now/earlier than or throughout this lesson/lately, and so forth. (particularly)

3 methods my considering happens simply or naturally for me, 2 methods my considering requires focus or effort on my half, 1 adjustment I could make in response

3 issues I keep in mind considering in the course of the lesson, 2 issues I keep in mind doing in the course of the lesson, and 1 factor I may’ve performed however didn’t

Time-Primarily based

Spend 3 minutes summarizing, 2 minutes clarifying, and 1 minute writing one sentence that concisely summarizes the ‘factor’

3 issues I may do with what I’ve realized, 2 issues that different folks do with this type of information or ability, 1 factor I am going to do with what I’ve realized

3 similarities, 2 variations, 1 question-to-guide-future-learning

3 issues I realized, 2 issues that have been a bit complicated, 1 ‘large concept’ that sums up the relevance of all of it

3 open-ended questions, 2 closed questions, 1 deepening query

3 clarifying questions, 2 probing questions, 1 contextualizing query

Lesson Planning: What are 3 ways I’ve designed with sufficient flexibility to satisfy the wants of a variety of learners? What are two questions or challenges I anticipate? If they will solely be taught one factor from this lesson, what do I would like it to be (ideally in a single sentence)?

Curriculum Planning: What are three most vital ‘large concepts’ on this curriculum? (Clearly, this could possibly be any quantity–six, ten, and so forth.) How can they unify the ‘much less vital’ or much less broad concepts? What are curriculum planning methods I can use to advertise enduring understanding (or important considering, switch, and so forth.)? What’s one change I could make to this curriculum to make it extra versatile for all learners?

See 20 Varieties Of Questions For Crucial Pondering

Studying Response Immediate Examples

Non-fiction textual content/easy: Identify 3 belongings you keep in mind or realized from the studying, 2 issues that made you confused or stunned, and 1 factor you’d prefer to be taught extra about

Non-fiction textual content/much less easy: Identify 3 examples of textual content construction, analyze 2 ways in which construction affected its that means, and identify 1 declare that the textual content appeared to make that was or was not well-supported

Fiction: Describe 3 methods the creator developed the protagonist over the course of the guide, describe 2 ways in which growth affected the plot’s growth, and establish and clarify 1 change the creator may’ve made in that growth and the way that change would have affected the that means of the textual content/your enjoyment of the textual content, and so forth.

Utilizing The three-2-1 Studying Technique For Crucial Pondering