Chain Notes

During a lecture, the instructor pauses at critical points to allow students/learners to catch up on their notes and then exchange them with their neighbors to discuss information they may have missed or written down differently.

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Individual/Group Activity Group
Class SizeSmall (<25)
Bloom’s Taxonomy LevelRemember
Development InitialTransitional Knowing
Minimum Time to Facilitate16-30 Minutes
Minimum Time to Debrief<5 Minutes
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Additional Resources

Suryani, Y., & Rezeki, Y. S. (2018). IMPROVING STUDENTS’WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING CHAIN STORY TECHNIQUE. Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa (JPPK), 7(3): https://jurnal.untan.ac.id/index.php/jpdpb/article/view/24544

Harahap, K. (2017). Improving students’ achievement in writing narrative text through chain story technique at second grade of Mts Al-Washliyah Tembung (Doctoral dissertation, State Islamic University of North Sumatera): http://repository.uinsu.ac.id/2648/

Uktolseja, L. J., & Gaspersz, S. (2019). Implementation of chain story techniques to improve english speaking ability at imanuel YPK vocational high school, Sorong City. Journal of education and learning (edulearn), 13(4), 490-497: https://edulearn.intelektual.org/index.php/EduLearn/article/view/13327