Think, pair, share is a simple technique with great benefits. TPS results in increased student participation and improved retention of information. Using the procedure, students learn from one another and get to try out their ideas in a non-threatening context before venturing to make their ideas more public. Learner confidence improves and all students are given a way to participate in class, rather than the few who usually volunteer. The benefits for the teacher include increased time on task in the classroom and greater quality of students' contributions to class discussions. Students and teachers alike gain much clearer understandings of the expectation for attention and participation in classroom discussions. The model was first proposed by Frank Lyman of the University of Maryland. There are four steps to think, pair, share, with a time limit on each step signaled by the teacher. (An electronic kitchen timer works well for this.)

The Discovery Quilt activity can provide formative and summative assessment. This activity: Can be used to introduce a topic and to determine student knowledge before beginning a lesson and Allows students to ask questions or express what they do not know about a topic, and Helps them formalize what they have learned while allowing the teacher to conduct summative assessment.

Toolkit for helping support review for the 11th grade science Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS).

Toolkit for helping support review for the 10th grade science Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS).

Great resources to help promote peer instruction. This can be used as a project, or create a classroom where all the learning is done by peer tutoring and instruction. Give students the best chance they can have to learn the material by having them teach it!