Total Participation Techniques
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Engagement
• TPTs provide engaging learning thru:• Hands-on activities• Discussions• Debates• Active participation and interactions• Higher-Order Thinking• Accountability for all students• Reflection• Formative Assessment
TPTs
• Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) are teaching techniques that allow for ALL students to demonstrate, at the same time, active participation and cognitive engagement in the topic being studied (Himmele & Himmele).
Use of TPTs
• Provides teachers evidence of active participation and cognitive engagement
• Allows ALL students the opportunity to demonstrate their learning and interacting – while having fun!
• Permits time to process, make connections and to interact with peers (as well as the teacher).
Easy to Use
• Pull questions for the students directly from the GLCEs or CCSS standards
• Easy for both rookies and seasoned teachers
• Practice using TPTs and allow student interactions
• Write TPTs into your lesson plans/slides
Higher-Order Thinking• Takes students beyond engagement and ensures
they are thinking deeply.
• Create prompts that require:
• Student reflections• Analysis• Synthesis• Evaluation
TPT Tools• Laminated piece of colored construction paper or
tag board – serves as a whiteboard
• A cloth square or a sock – serves as a washable dry eraser for the paper whiteboards
• A dry-erase pen
• True/Not True Hold-Up Cards
TPT Tools Continued• Multiple Choice Hold-Up Cards
• Decks of paper-clipped Number Cards
• An Appointment Agenda
• Laminated Content-Related Charts – periodic table of elements, timeline, map, metric conversion table, etc.
• Guided Note-Taking Templates – picture notes, lecture T-Charts, or other graphic organizers
On-the-Spot TPTs• Think-Pair-Share – provides time for reflection and discussion
of higher-order thinking
• Quick-Writes – brief activity used at any time in a lesson for reflection and formative assessment
• Quick – Draws – brief activity used at any time in a lesson for vocabulary and abstract concepts (theme in a novel).
• Chalkboard Splash – students record responses on a board/chart paper and analyze others’ responses.
• Thumbs-Up – when students are ready they signal with a Thumbs-Up
On-the-Spot TPTs Cont’d
• Processing Cards – index card or laminated paper stating “Ready to Share” or “Still Thinking”
• Similes – have students create a simile following a lesson, in order to connect the concept to an unrelated topic. “TPTs are like safety nets in that they each protect students from falling through the cracks.”
• Ranking – students analyze components of a key concept and justify their reasons through discussions with their peers (Rank causes, descriptive quotes, etc.)
• Numbered Heads Together – students are randomly assigned roles within a group and all are held accountable for being able to relay information.
TPTs Involving Movement• Line-Ups and Inside-Outside Circles• Three 3s in a Row• Networking Sessions• Categorizing and Sorting• Appointment Agendas• Bounce Cards• Mouth It, Air-Write It, or Show Me Using Your
Fingers• Role-Plays, Acting It Out, and Concept Charades• Simulations
•Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner
By Persida Himmele&
William Himmele