Total Participation TechniquesLorri KingsburyAlissa LowmanNorthville Public Schools

Engagement

• TPTs provide engaging learning thru:• Hands-on activities• Discussions• Debates• Active participation and interactions• Higher-Order Thinking• Accountability for all students• Reflection• Formative Assessment

TPTs

• Total Participation Techniques (TPTs) are teaching techniques that allow for ALL students to demonstrate, at the same time, active participation and cognitive engagement in the topic being studied (Himmele & Himmele).

Use of TPTs

• Provides teachers evidence of active participation and cognitive engagement

• Allows ALL students the opportunity to demonstrate their learning and interacting – while having fun!

• Permits time to process, make connections and to interact with peers (as well as the teacher).

Easy to Use

• Pull questions for the students directly from the GLCEs or CCSS standards

• Easy for both rookies and seasoned teachers

• Practice using TPTs and allow student interactions

• Write TPTs into your lesson plans/slides

Higher-Order Thinking• Takes students beyond engagement and ensures

they are thinking deeply.

• Create prompts that require:

• Student reflections• Analysis• Synthesis• Evaluation

TPT Tools• Laminated piece of colored construction paper or

tag board – serves as a whiteboard

• A cloth square or a sock – serves as a washable dry eraser for the paper whiteboards

• A dry-erase pen

• True/Not True Hold-Up Cards

TPT Tools Continued• Multiple Choice Hold-Up Cards

• Decks of paper-clipped Number Cards

• An Appointment Agenda

• Laminated Content-Related Charts – periodic table of elements, timeline, map, metric conversion table, etc.

• Guided Note-Taking Templates – picture notes, lecture T-Charts, or other graphic organizers

On-the-Spot TPTs• Think-Pair-Share – provides time for reflection and discussion

of higher-order thinking

• Quick-Writes – brief activity used at any time in a lesson for reflection and formative assessment

• Quick – Draws – brief activity used at any time in a lesson for vocabulary and abstract concepts (theme in a novel).

• Chalkboard Splash – students record responses on a board/chart paper and analyze others’ responses.

• Thumbs-Up – when students are ready they signal with a Thumbs-Up

On-the-Spot TPTs Cont’d

• Processing Cards – index card or laminated paper stating “Ready to Share” or “Still Thinking”

• Similes – have students create a simile following a lesson, in order to connect the concept to an unrelated topic. “TPTs are like safety nets in that they each protect students from falling through the cracks.”

• Ranking – students analyze components of a key concept and justify their reasons through discussions with their peers (Rank causes, descriptive quotes, etc.)

• Numbered Heads Together – students are randomly assigned roles within a group and all are held accountable for being able to relay information.

TPTs Involving Movement• Line-Ups and Inside-Outside Circles• Three 3s in a Row• Networking Sessions• Categorizing and Sorting• Appointment Agendas• Bounce Cards• Mouth It, Air-Write It, or Show Me Using Your

Fingers• Role-Plays, Acting It Out, and Concept Charades• Simulations

•Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner

By Persida Himmele&

William Himmele

•Now it’s your turn