Using The 3-2-1 Learning Strategy For Critical Thinking

Examples Of The three-2-1 Technique
Utilizing The three-2-1 Studying Technique For Important Pondering
Analytical/Conceptual
Dialogue/Listening/Debate
Time-Based mostly
Studying Response Immediate Examples
Utilizing 3-2-1 To Information Inquiry Examples
Analysis

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 record of genres and songs

3 cities you’ve visited, 2 of your favourite reminiscences of these 3 cities, and 1 place you’d wish to go subsequent

3 causes of air pollution, 2 options that would assist handle these causes, and 1 factor an individual can do on daily basis to assist instantly/have a direct impact

You get the concept. It’s only a easy method to body a subject or process, making it appear accessible and ‘fast.’ For lecturers, this implies the potential of greater scholar engagement and extra attainable makes use of in your classroom, from journal or dialogue prompts to evaluation types or exit slips.

The commonest use of 3-2-1 I’ve seen is in response to a studying or lesson–normally 3 belongings you discovered, 2 issues that made you curious or confused, and 1 most necessary factor you discovered or ought to do with what you’ve discovered.

Utilizing The three-2-1 Studying Technique For Important Pondering

In 15 Reflection Strategies To Help Students Retain What You Just Taught Them, I wrote, “3-2-1 is a tried-and-true method to body something from a pair-share or journal entry (e.g., ask college students to jot down 3 issues they assume 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., record 3 ways your essay mirrored mastery of talent X, two methods talent Y nonetheless wants enhancing, and a method 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 submit just lately, it occurred to me that the 3-2-1 (or 1-2-3–and even simply 2-1 and 1-2) format is likely to be a easy technique for crucial considering. The ‘3-2-1’ sequence itself doesn’t maintain important potential apart from its means 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 based mostly on an thought you get studying them. : )

Additionally word, I exploit typically imprecise or imprecise phrases like ‘factor’ and ‘title’ and ‘may have’ and ‘might need.’ I did this to make it common sufficient to be plainly helpful to a variety of grade ranges of content material areas. The ‘factor’ might be something from fractions or the water cycle to a dialogue about Shakespearean sonnets. (In that means, it’s just 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 method to body something–which implies it’s a useful gizmo for instructing crucial considering.

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 cause democracies have endured as a type of fashionable authorities

You would 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 stage, 2 questions on the ‘apply’ stage, and 1 query on the consider stage

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 mentioned, 2 factors they made, 1 factor you’d wish to know extra about

3 issues I do know (typically) about mindset, 2 examples of the impact of mindset (typically), 1 factor I’ve observed about my mindset right this moment/earlier than or throughout this lesson/just lately, and many others. (particularly)

3 methods my considering happens simply or naturally for me, 2 methods my considering requires focus or effort on my half, 1 adjustment I could make in response

3 issues I bear in mind considering through the lesson, 2 issues I bear in mind doing through the lesson, and 1 factor I may’ve performed however didn’t

Time-Based mostly

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 type of information 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 variety of learners? What are two questions or challenges I anticipate? If they’ll solely be taught one factor from this lesson, what do I need it to be (ideally in a single sentence)?

Curriculum Planning: What are three most necessary ‘massive concepts’ on this curriculum? (Clearly, this could possibly be any quantity–six, ten, and many others.) How can they unify the ‘much less necessary’ or much less broad concepts? What are curriculum planning methods I can use to advertise enduring understanding (or crucial considering, 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: Identify 3 belongings you bear in mind or discovered from the studying, 2 issues that made you confused or stunned, and 1 factor you’d wish to be taught extra about

Non-fiction textual content/much less easy: Identify 3 examples of textual content construction, analyze 2 ways in which construction affected its that means, and title 1 declare that the textual content appeared to make that was or was not well-supported

Fiction: Describe 3 methods the creator developed the protagonist over the course of the ebook, describe 2 ways in which growth affected the plot’s growth, and determine and clarify 1 change the creator may’ve made in that growth and the way that change would have affected the that means of the textual content/your enjoyment of the textual content, and many others.