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3 things to do in the minutes before class starts
- Pre-class conversations with your students
- Put up the class agenda on the screen or on the whiteboard/ flipchart
- Post an image/short quotation/ headline on the screen
3 things to do in the first 5 minutes of class
- Start with questions
- Ask students to briefly summarise the main points of the last session
- Activate prior knowledge, from other courses or everyday life experiences
*All the three activities above can also have a written component: this allows shy students to express themselves as well, and writing things down helps students leave aside other distractions and focus on the class that is about to start.
3 things to do in the last 5 minutes of class
- Minute paper
- Metacognitive five
- Close the loop
3 things to do to support your students’ learning
- Ask students regularly to make connections between the content of your course and what they learn in other courses, as well as their everyday experiences
- Design spaced learning
- Give students a say