Student-Centered Strategy #1: Round Robin

Over the next two weeks, I want to share some strategies that you can implement to increase student engagement and cooperation.

Strategy #1: Round Robin Kagan Structure (not to be confused with round robin reading)
Round Robin Kagan Structure is just a way to provide talk time within a small group/team.

• Teacher announces topic and provides "think time".
• Teammate answers and others participate with a clockwise rotation.
• Each teammate gives his/her short answer to the topic, but it must be different form what was previously stated.
• Sharing is over after each teammate has spoken. 

Here is a 1-minute video explanation: https://youtu.be/RmkDllP1JDw

Round Robin with a twist!:

• Continuous Round Robin: Sharing continues in clockwise rotation and is over when teacher calls time.
• Timed Round Robin: Each teammate talks for a specific amount of time.
• All Write Round Robin: As each teammate says his/her short answer to the topic, each teammate writes the answers on their own paper.