(Study) Tell - Help - Check
Study - Tell - Help - Check is a structure to cause students to review previously learned content.
- Establish partnerships with Partners A & B.
- Prompt all students to independently review content (e.g., question, cloze notes).
- Prompt Partner A to "Tell" their answer to Partner B.
- Prompt Partner B to "Help" by respectfully agreeing or disagreeing with Partner A (add to, correct, clarify) with reasons and confidence level.
- Prompt everyone to correct their answers in their written record (i.e., notes).
Why It's Good!
- engages all students
- provides rehearsal for previously learned content
- structures student discussion which increases on-task behavior
Research Validation
- reported in Archer & Hughes, Explicit Instruction, 2011, p. 141
