Learning cells

This is used to get students to ask and answer questions they develop themselves based on a reading or lecture.

Promotes: Analysis and knowledge acquisition

Learning cells is a technique used to get student to ask and answer questions they develop themselves based on a reading or lecture.

To prepare, students listen to the lecture or do the the assigned reading and write questions they have about the material. In class, students work in pairs and ask each other their questions while the instructor circulates giving feedback and clarifying when appropriate.

The illustration shows the Learning Cells active learning technique. It consists of two illustrated diagrams shown side-by-side. The first one, 1 of 2, show a groups of 12 figure drawn students with a thought bubble above their heads containing "Q & A".

The illustration to the right side of the first one, 2 or 2, shows two pairs of figure drawn students moving sequentially in three repeated turn-based steps with student A presenting a "Question" depicted as a speech bubble above the head to student B who answers as depicted in the speech bubble above the head as "Answer".

This is followed, with arrows in between indicating the turn-based sequence, by the figure drawing of student B presenting a "Question" to the figure drawing of student A indicated in the speech bubble with student A responding indicated in the speech bubble as "Answer". This is then followed by a third turn with student A asking a question again with a speech bubble indicating "Question" and student B responding as shown in the speech bubble with the text "Answer". This sequence is illustrated twice, one illustration above the other.