This could also involve putting their response together to form a shared response. Students have time to think before having to share their ideas, all students have the opportunity to speak, students can rehearse in pairs before talking to the whole group. Forced ranking Students are given a list of statements, ideas or opinions and are asked to rank them in order of importance. This can be done individually or in small groups. The teacher then asks the students how they ranked the statements and the reasons for their ranking.
Students compare the different ways in which their fellow students ranked the statements.
The value of forced ranking comes from the way it engages students with a list of items. The discussion around reasons for the ranking is more important than the actual rankings Talking pictures Students are asked to draw or paint a picture to illustrate their ideas about a concept or idea in sose, e.g., families, the future, my special place. Students talk about the thinking behind their picture with a small group or the class. Students then discuss similarities and differences between their pictures and decide how the pictures can be grouped together to make generalizations about the classes views on the concept or idea. This encourages them to be more flexible in their work.