Continues around group until time elapses. Group stops when time is called. The key here is the question or the problem you've asked the students to consider. Relate the question to the course unit, but keep it simple so every student can have some input. Focused Listing Focused listing can be used as a brainstorming technique or as a technique to generate descriptions and definitions for concepts.
Focused listing asks the students to generate words to define or describe something.
Once students have completed this activity, you can use these lists to facilitate group and class discussion. From there, you might ask students to get together in small groups to discuss the lists, or to select the one that they can all agree on. Combine this technique with a number of the other techniques and you can have a powerful cooperative learning structure. Have the participants brainstorm or select a problem for them to consider. Have each member of the group be a different number or suit.