Articulate Your Ideas

Worksheet Description

The Articulating Implications worksheet is an interactive tool designed to facilitate critical thinking and communication between students. It begins by asking them to write down their own position on an assigned topic, which sets the stage for a peer review process. Students are then instructed to exchange papers with a classmate, write down three questions about the classmate’s position, and subsequently provide answers to the questions posed by their classmate about their own position, thereby engaging in a collaborative learning process.

This worksheet aims to teach students the importance of questioning and clarifying ideas within a peer-learning context. By writing down their position, students practice formulating their thoughts clearly. Exchanging papers and crafting questions about another’s position encourages them to engage critically with different viewpoints. Responding to their classmate’s questions about their own position reinforces their ability to defend and articulate their ideas more robustly, thus enhancing their argumentative skills.