by Terry Heick
What’s the 3-2-1 technique? The three-2-1 technique is solely a format that may body–properly, actually something.
Examples Of The three-2-1 Technique
It doesn’t even need to be about about instructing and studying. You may ask somebody to call…
3 of your favourite genres of music, 2 of your favourite songs, and 1 sample you observed making that listing of genres and songs
3 cities you’ve visited, 2 of your favourite recollections of these 3 cities, and 1 place you’d prefer to go subsequent
3 causes of air pollution, 2 options that might assist handle these causes, and 1 factor an individual can do day by day to assist instantly/have a direct impact
You get the thought. It’s only a easy strategy to body a subject or activity, making it appear accessible and ‘fast.’ For lecturers, this implies the potential for larger scholar engagement and extra potential makes use of in your classroom, from journal or dialogue prompts to evaluation varieties or exit slips.
The commonest use of 3-2-1 I’ve seen is in response to a studying or lesson–normally 3 stuff you discovered, 2 issues that made you curious or confused, and 1 most vital factor you discovered or ought to do with what you’ve discovered.
Utilizing The three-2-1 Studying Technique For Crucial Pondering
In 15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them, I wrote, “3-2-1 is a tried-and-true strategy to body something from a pair-share or journal entry (e.g., ask college students to put in writing 3 issues they suppose they know, 2 issues they know they don’t know, and one factor they’re sure of a couple of matter) pre-assessment to a post-assessment (e.g., listing 3 ways your essay mirrored mastery of talent X, two methods talent Y nonetheless wants enhancing, and a technique you can also make your argument stronger within the subsequent 5 minutes) to a mirrored image of the post-assessment.”
In going again and rereading the publish not too long ago, it occurred to me that the 3-2-1 (or 1-2-3–and even simply 2-1 and 1-2) format is perhaps a easy technique for essential pondering. The ‘3-2-1’ sequence itself doesn’t maintain vital potential aside from its capability to border the potential of different methods.
Notice that these are simply tough examples of utilizing the 3-2-1 for studying. Be at liberty to take any of those and enhance them or create your individual primarily based on an thought you get studying them. : )
Additionally word, I exploit typically obscure or imprecise phrases like ‘factor’ and ‘identify’ and ‘may have’ and ‘might need.’ I did this to make it common sufficient to be plainly helpful to a spread of grade ranges of content material areas. The ‘factor’ may be something from fractions or the water cycle to a dialogue about Shakespearean sonnets. (In that means, it’s much like the 6 Domains Of Cognition TeachThought Learning Taxonomy.)
The purpose I hope to make is that the 3-2-1 technique is an easy strategy to body something–which implies it’s a useful gizmo for instructing essential pondering.
Analytical/Conceptual
3 variations between metaphors and symbolism, 2 issues they’ve in frequent, and 1 common impact on a textual content that they every have
3 underlying assumptions of democracy, 2 frequent misunderstandings of democracy, 1 purpose democracies have endured as a type of trendy authorities
You might even have requested college students to call 3 strengths of democracy, 2 types of democracy, and 1 means it might need to evolve to take care of relevance in a altering world (misinformation, deep fakes, propaganda, partisanship, and many others.)
Write 3 questions on the recall or understanding degree, 2 questions on the ‘apply’ degree, and 1 query on the consider degree
Dialogue/Listening/Debate
3 methods you agree, 2 methods you disagree, and 1 factor you discovered (or that stunned you) throughout your dialog
3 issues they stated, 2 factors they made, 1 factor you’d prefer to know extra about
3 issues I do know (usually) about mindset, 2 examples of the impact of mindset (usually), 1 factor I’ve observed about my mindset right now/earlier than or throughout this lesson/not too long ago, and many others. (particularly)
3 methods my pondering happens simply or naturally for me, 2 methods my pondering requires focus or effort on my half, 1 adjustment I could make in response
3 issues I keep in mind pondering in the course of the lesson, 2 issues I keep in mind doing in the course of the lesson, and 1 factor I may’ve achieved however didn’t
Time-Primarily based
Spend 3 minutes summarizing, 2 minutes clarifying, and 1 minute writing one sentence that concisely summarizes the ‘factor’
3 issues I may do with what I’ve discovered, 2 issues that different individuals do with this sort of data or talent, 1 factor I am going to do with what I’ve discovered
3 similarities, 2 variations, 1 question-to-guide-future-learning
3 issues I discovered, 2 issues that had been a bit complicated, 1 ‘massive thought’ that sums up the relevance of all of it
3 open-ended questions, 2 closed questions, 1 deepening query
3 clarifying questions, 2 probing questions, 1 contextualizing query
Lesson Planning: What are 3 ways I’ve designed with sufficient flexibility to satisfy the wants of a spread of learners? What are two questions or challenges I anticipate? If they’ll solely study one factor from this lesson, what do I would like it to be (ideally in a single sentence)?
Curriculum Planning: What are three most vital ‘massive concepts’ on this curriculum? (Clearly, this could possibly be any quantity–six, ten, and many others.) How can they unify the ‘much less vital’ or much less broad concepts? What are curriculum planning methods I can use to advertise enduring understanding (or essential pondering, switch, and many others.)? What’s one change I could make to this curriculum to make it extra versatile for all learners?
See 20 Types Of Questions For Critical Thinking
Studying Response Immediate Examples
Non-fiction textual content/easy: Title 3 stuff you keep in mind or discovered from the studying, 2 issues that made you confused or stunned, and 1 factor you’d prefer to study extra about
Non-fiction textual content/much less easy: Title 3 examples of textual content construction, analyze 2 ways in which construction affected its which means, and identify 1 declare that the textual content appeared to make that was or was not well-supported
Fiction: Describe 3 methods the writer developed the protagonist over the course of the e-book, describe 2 ways in which improvement affected the plot’s improvement, and determine and clarify 1 change the writer may’ve made in that improvement and the way that change would have affected the which means of the textual content/your enjoyment of the textual content, and many others.
Utilizing 3-2-1 To Information Inquiry Examples
Determine 3 locations your inquiry may ‘begin,’ determine 2 professionals and cons of every, then create 1 driving query to information your inquiry
Write 1 query, 2 solutions, and three follow-up questions
Write 1 query, 2 revisions of the query, and three results of these revisions
Write 3 questions, 2 potential solutions every, and 1 implicit thought in both
Analysis
2 sources for each (1) declare
3 sources, 2 media varieties, 1 latest research
3 sources printed throughout the final 5 years, 2 sources printed between 5 and 20 years in the past, 1 supply printed 20+ years in the past
Utilizing The three-2-1 Studying Technique For Crucial Pondering
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