A task or portion of material is divided into several smaller parts or topics. Students return to their original groups and teach what they have learned to their group members. Roles assigned based on subject assignment. A task or passage of text material is divided into several component parts. Students who have the same topics meet in expert groups to discuss the topics, master them, and development a presentation plan.
Students return to their original groups and teach what they have learned to the other members.
This is taken individually. When a new concept is about to be introduced, anticipatory set may occur in cooperative brainstorming or in group discussions. The teacher sets the stage for the new concept by developing an incomplete web of the new information. Students then meet in teams to brainstorm. The web produced on the board has been prepared earlier by the teacher and one copy given to each team.