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#11 No Wrap-up
A student-centered wrap-up ties a lesson together so it makes
sense to each student and provides you critical feedback on student achievement... It also holds
each student responsible for his own learning. You'll see how
in a second...
Hey, it can be a ton of fun, too!
Many teachers avoid conducting a daily student-centered wrap-up
because it gives students control of the last few minutes of
class.
Not to
worry! When you give students the rules and
the responsibility for conducting a wrap-up, the results are
beyond expectations. You'll see!
Not conducting
wrap-ups is a real mistake.
A wrap-up is a student-centered review structured to reexamine
the concepts and skills taught in one specific class period.
A wrap-up provides you and your students the means to answer
two critical questions:
1. What was
taught?
2. What was learned?
Answering these two questions
helps you determine where your students need your help.
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 A wrap-up is conducted by one or two
students at the end of each class period. This is a must! ...
And the wrap-up must be conducted daily. Hope you don't mind
the "must" word here... but really to make the wrap-up
work it... sorry... must be
conducted within the last few minutes of the class period and
conducted daily!
Have it
a Habit!
The wrap-up time frame should be from five to ten minutes according
to the length of the class period.
You select the students to conduct the review session two or
three minutes prior to the wrap-up.
Here's
what's neat about the wrap-up...
Because the class doesn’t know which students will conduct
the wrap-up, their participation and attention level is maintained
throughout the entire class period.
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THEIR OWN LEARNING!!!
What a neat concept!
The structure of the review must be concise to assure the time
is used wisely. Because the students, especially at first, are
nervous... they'll have a tendency to act a tad bit silly! Nerves
will do that... give them the guide... give them the rules!
For example, the reviewers should be taught to ask open-ended
questions to invite participation from other students.
Students must NOT condemn another student for incorrect
answers.
It is imperative the reviewer NOT stand
at the front of the class and lecture.
Teach them
the... Ask-Pause-Call technique!
The key to a successful wrap-up is student-led and student-centered
participation from all members
of the class. Believe it or not... they'll come to love the wrap-up
time each day.
Why? "Because
we all want to show we know!"
The benefits are many:
your students learn presentation skills;
they learn to take notes and use them to review; and they get
and give immediate feedback.
Student feedback tells you what has been learned, what needs
to be emphasized, and what needs to be retaught.
The feedback helps you feel good
about you and what you do!
Wrap it up... with a wrap-up!
Smiles to you,
Karl
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