Learning Technique: Patch and Match

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• Training
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)
• Upper Secondary (Key Stage 4)
• BTEC, GCSE

Introduction

Every student has to come up with a sentence or a short story about a topic, concept, or about themselves, for instance, during a mentor lesson or an introductory assignment. They divide this sentence into two parts and enter these parts as separate responses in the word web. The class then collaboratively completes each other's sentences (or stories) and/or tries to guess the concept afterward.

Instructions

Of course, there are a few "rules of the game." The sentences must be logical and guessable. For instance, a sentence like "In a free market economy, the law of supply and demand applies" should not be split as "'In a...' and '...free market economy, the law of supply and demand applies.'" This aspect may require some attention during the instructions, and it may not always go perfectly the first time.

If this activity is used as an introductory assignment, a student can share something characteristic about themselves. They then divide this description into two parts. The class will not only patch the sentences together but also match them with the respective student.

Patch and Match

Learning Technique

Choose a concept that you want to explain.

Come up with an explanation without mentioning the concept.

Then divide this explanation into 2 logical parts.

Write them down in this mind map.

Use 1 mind map comment per part (in total 2 comments).

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Think of a sentence describing yourself.

Do not use your name in the sentence.

Then divide this sentence into 2 parts.

Write them down in this mind map.

Always use 1 mind map comment per part.

This is me!

Profession, characteristic 1,
characteristic 2

Choose a profession

Think of 2 characteristics of that profession (for example why you would want to enter such profession, or what you need to do so)

Write them down in this mind map.

Always use 1 mind map comment per characteristic.