This activity ensures that students actively recall and process the key concepts and connections of the newly learned knowledge. This way, students and teachers gain insight into what they already know and what they do not. This provides direction on where they can still place emphasis in the learning process.
• Write the conclusion or summary of the subject matter in a few sentences beforehand (in a PowerPoint or on a flip chart), and leave out the important concepts or connections. • Read the summary to the students. • Have all students write down which word they think is missing. • Discuss this first in pairs and then centrally.
You can also have students complete each other's summaries before discussing them as a class.
A written summary of the subject matter in which a number of important words/connections are omitted on a flip chart or PowerPoint.