The teacher prepares a worksheet or a set of questions for students. Students circulate through the classroom, forming and reforming pairs, keeping a hand raised until they find a partner who is not a teammate.
In pairs, Partner A asks a question from the worksheet. Partner B responds. Partner A records the answer on his or her own worksheet and expresses appreciation. Partner B checks and initials the answer.
Then Partner B asks a question. Partner A responds. Parnter B records the answer on his or her own worksheet and expresses appreciation. Partner A checks and initials the answer.
Partners shake hands, high five, or fist bump, part ways, and search for a new partner. In the first round, they were trying to find “someone who knows” an answer to a particular question. Now they have become “someone who knows” the answer to that question.
Students repeat the steps above until their worksheets are complete. When their worksheets are complete, students sit down; seated students may be approached by others as a resource.
Once they have returned to their original table groups, students compare answers; if there is disagreement or uncertainty, they raise four hands to ask a team question.
Source
Kagan, S. and Kagan, M. (2017). Kagan Cooperative Learning. San Clemente: Kagan Publishing, p.6.74.
