State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) 
Module on Classroom Practices to Enhance Learning Outcomes (2022-2023)
The module is covered over a span of two days. The themes and classroom practices covered over the 2 days are listed below:
Session 1 :
- What is Active Learning? - Group and Individual Work
- Classroom Practice 1: Mingle Mingle
- Classroom Practice 2: Jigsaw
- Classroom Practice 3: Mind Map
- Classroom Practice 4: Quick response activity
- Classroom Practice 5: Rotating Learning Stations
Session 2 :
- Classroom Practice 6: Team Pair Solo
- Classroom Practice 7: Frayer’s Model
- Classroom Practice 8: Quick Exit Check
- Classroom Practice Mela - A space where all teachers can share their own best classroom practice
Classroom Practices: Summary
| Practice Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Mingle Mingle | A quick activity where students walk around the classroom and talk in pairs/groups about a statement/topic/question and share their opinion |
| Jigsaw | It’s a collaborative learning strategy where students first become experts only on some parts of a topic and then regroup to build understanding of the whole topic. |
| Mindmap | Making connections in the form of a map using words/phrases and arrows. |
| Quick Response Activity | It is a quick, independent or collaborative activity with minimal or no support from the teacher |
| Rotating learning stations | Students are divided into groups and receive 1 task each group. Then the task is rotated across groups, until all groups have completed all tasks. |
| Team-Pair-Solo | Discuss about a topic/do a task in a team, then discuss/do task in pairs, and finally solve the task individually |
| Frayer’s model | It is a graphic organizer that helps students determine or clarify the meaning of words/concepts |
| Quick Exit Check | It is a quick written student response to questions teachers pose at the end of a class/lesson/topic. |