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'''Use of Traffic Lights in groupwork:''' | '''Use of Traffic Lights in groupwork:''' | ||
While the teacher needs to know who has understood, it doesn't have to always be the teacher who ''responds'' to red or orange lights. Students working in a group can also help each other. In Unit 3 we emphasised that groupwork is most successful when groups themselves are given responsibility for making sure that all members understand. Traffic lights can alert students to the need to assist their peers. | |||
One Zambian teacher's reflection on trying out the technique: | |||
::''During interactive teaching and learning, pupils in groups work very hard through collaboration in order to get correct answers and display green cards.'' | |||
::''The traffic lights activity worked very well because it made me as a teacher to know whether my teaching was understood or not by seeing the most colour of cards which were displayed. If most of them displayed green then I concluded that teaching and learning took place. If most of displayed red cards, again I could tell that proper learning hasn’t taken place. I thought of using other approach methods to achieve the objectives of learning and teaching i.e. I could emphasis more during conclusion and give home work or give remedial work sometimes as peer assessment.'' | |||
'''Suggested follow-up activity:''' | |||
Do the activity of making Traffic Lights with your students.You can be creative about the use of materials depending on availability. | |||
