Last week I discussed how Guided Lectures work as great active learning activities. Well another type of “interactive” lecture that that can easily be incorporated into the Guided Lecture is known as the Think-Write-Discuss Lecture.

In the Think-Write-Discuss Lecture the teacher does the same type of 10 minute lecture as the Guided Lecture, but this time gives the students three questions to answer: one before the lecture, one during the lecture, and one after the lecture. Students write their response to each question and then share their response with a partner.

This helps keep the students actively involved in the lecture by breaking it up a bit, but also helps the students focus on what is important. The Think-Write-Discuss Lecture also allows the students to use higher order thinking skills when the teacher uses questions that are open-ended critical thinking questions.

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