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think-pair-share

think-pair-share noun: a collaborative teaching strategy in which the teacher poses a question or a problem to the students, who think about it and then pair up to discuss their thoughts.

Noun

think-pair-share (countable and uncountable, plural think-pair-shares)

  1. A collaborative teaching strategy in which the teacher poses a question or a problem to the students, who think about it and then pair up to discuss their thoughts.

Forms of think-pair-share

pluralthink-pair-shares
alternative formTPS

Origin of think-pair-share

First proposed by Frank Lyman of the University of Maryland in 1981.

Words formed from think-pair-share

Questions about think-pair-share

What does think-pair-share mean?
Think-pair-share means a collaborative teaching strategy in which the teacher poses a question or a problem to the students, who think about it and then pair up to discuss their thoughts.
What part of speech is think-pair-share?
Think-pair-share is a noun.
What is the plural of think-pair-share?
The plural of think-pair-share is think-pair-shares.

Words near think-pair-share in the dictionary

  1. think with one's penis
  2. think with portals
  3. think'st
  4. think-aloud protocol
  5. think-aloud protocols
  6. think-pair-share
  7. think-pair-shares
  8. think-pair-sharing
  9. think-tank
  10. think-tanked
  11. think-tanker

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