Inspiration interactive work forms

Jigsaw  (Expert groups) 
Goal: Students become experts on a topic and exchange information with fellow students. 

Divide students into groups and assign a different topic to each group. The students in the groups become “experts” in their assigned topic: a read article, specific theory or researcher. In doing so, each group is given a clear assignment which, by the way, can be the same for each group. Such as: what is the main conclusion from the article or what are the main three arguments that support this conclusion? Once these groups have found the answers they are rearranged so that each group consists of experts of each topic. These new groups then share the discussed answers with each other. You can also choose to organize this feedback in class. In these forms of work, all students are actively engaged and receive responsibility in the process, which has a positive impact on their motivation. 
Tip: you can also use this working form during the first meeting, students then explain parts of the study guide to each other. 

Brain Drain
Goal: Students are encouraged to come up with creative solutions to concrete problems. 

This work form starts with a concrete problem for which a solution must be formulated. Divide the students into groups of 5 or 6. Give each student a sheet with an empty table of six rows and three columns on it. The students then start brainstorming independently and write this in the first row. After this, each passes the paper to the next student in their group. The brainstorming begins again and students come up with additional ideas on the first row. Seeing other ideas stimulates your creativity. 
Tip: You can also give each table a different theme so that multiple problems are considered. 

One-minute papers
Goal: Students briefly write down their thoughts for themselves. 

To close a meeting, you can have students answer your question in one minute. In this minute, they write down their answer. You can easily collect these using Post It’s, for example. An example question is: what was the most important thing you learned today or what did you find most challenging this meeting? 
Tip: you can use these results to determine the starting point of a next meeting to match students’ learning needs.