9 Worksheets (9/9) -- Active Learning Kit

9 Worksheets Description A Worksheet is a document prepared before class and shared with students prior to or during class. The document may be highly or minimally structured to aid students. It can be used individually or collaboratively during class to complete an assigned activity. Teaching Ideas - Ask a get-to-know-you question (or a question related to the day’s course material) in a Worksheet, and share the link with students. Have students answer the question and group themselves by what their answers have in common. These groups can become the basis for group work later in class: either use the groups as they formed, or create new groups with an equal number of students from the initial groups that formed. - Prepare a guided notes Worksheet, leaving blank space for students to fill in key concepts, facts, definitions, etc. Share the link with students and have them save their own copy to fill out as you present course material. Have students discuss in breakout groups and refine their notes. Optionally, have students submit their individual notes for the day as an attendance record (Coursetune, 2020). - Prepare a Worksheet with a few questions to answer during class, and share the link with students. As you present the course material, have students answer the questions in your document. Discuss the questions and answers. Have students work in groups to summarize their answers into the best or most thorough answer, or have them submit their own summary in a Canvas assignment. - Create a Worksheet with the structure of a lab report, share the link with students, and have them add notes and questions in the appropriate section of the report as you present an example lab scenario. Discuss the resulting notes together and have students refine the lab report. - Set up a grid in a Worksheet and share the link with students. Have them list pros/cons of an approach, or fill in a defining features grid comparing common connections and major differences (for example, government types, parts of the brain, species classification). This can work well for having students categorize information, describe similarities and differences, and is helpful when there are clear, correct answers instead of many fuzzy items. Follow-up questions can include the opportunity to dispute or justify a category, definition, or answer. - Help students organize and understand relationships between concepts by creating a mind-map Worksheet and sharing the link with students. Have them work in groups to organize information or solve a problem, create a visual display of a narrative or story, or arrange the concepts of a chapter or lecture. - Create a Worksheet that lists the roles and tasks for a group project. Share the link with students, place them in breakout groups, and have them work together to organize group member roles, next tasks, milestones, and deadlines. Provide time for updating and revision during each class until the project is due. Monitor group progress on