Numbered-Heads-Together is a fun way to practice constructing graphic
organizers as ... group a number; ask students to remember their individually
assigned ...
Numbered-Heads-Together Adapted from... Kagan, S. (1992). Cooperative learning. San Juan Capistrano, CA: Resources for Teachers, Inc.
Numbered-heads-together Original groups Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Sam
1
Jenny
1
Tish
1
Carol
1
Bill
2
David
2
Barn
2
Ted
2
Gary
3
Josh
3
Kana
3
Barb
3
Mary
4
Fran
4
Salley
4
Aman
4
Rearranged groups Group 1
Sam
1
Jenny
1
Tish
1
Carol
1
Group 2
Bill
2
David
2
Barn
2
Ted
2
Group 3
Gary
3
Josh
3
Kana
3
Barb
3
Group 3
Mary
4
Fran
4
Salley
4
Aman
4
Numbered-Heads-Together is a fun way to practice constructing graphic organizers as well as learning the content depicted on them. Basically, the procedure involves having each group construct graphics depicting key information and then having individual members of that group teach the information on their graphic to representatives from other groups.
Teaching Tips Step 1: Divide the class into teams of about four members each; have each team construct a graphic organizer depicting essential to-be-learned information about the unit. Step 2: Using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, assign each member of the group a number; ask students to remember their individually assigned numbers. Step 3: Rearrange team compositions for the whole class so that all the students from the original teams who were assigned the number "1" are now in the same group, all the students from the
original teams who were assigned the number "2" are now grouped together, and so forth.
Step 4: Ask each student to share with the members of his/her new group the information depicted on the his/her original group’s graphic. Thus, if there are four members in a group, and each teaches the information from the graphic organizer developed in his/her original group, four different graphic organizers will be presented in the new group. INSTRUCTIONAL ROUTINES MENU
Note: If the rearranged groups become too large, you can subdivide them. For example, if Group A has eight members, you can split it and have two smaller A groups.
