Introduction
Process
Resources
YouTube Videos
"On the
Job" examples where the strategy is used
A Cooperative Learning Strategy
1:2:4 (1:2:4: 8 etc.) Strategy encourages the individuals in a team to each fully contribute to the team’s task.
The 1-2-4-All technique is a facilitation method that helps groups
generate ideas efficiently and inclusively. It can be used in any
setting and with any group size. The technique involves the following
steps:
Individual thinking: Participants reflect on a question or challenge for
one minute.
Pair sharing: Participants pair up and share their reflections for two
minutes.
Group of four: Participants join groups of four and share and develop
ideas for four minutes.
All together: The facilitator asks each group to share their main idea
with the whole group for five minutes.
The 1-2-4-All technique can help: Incorporate silent conversations,
Improve consensus and shared understanding, Expand input diversity, Hear
all voices, and Improve outcomes with iterative feedback.
The entire cycle can take as little as 10 minutes, but shouldn't be
longer than 15 minutes. If more time is needed, it's better to do a
second cycle than to let the steps go on too long.
- First, each class member works separately on a particular activity.
- Students then find a partner and form a combined list of their findings.
- The pairings then join together to form a team of four and collate both of their lists into a single final list.
- The four students have then formed a collective total of their knowledge.
- This process could be extended once more to eight if the material is complex enough.
- Instead of using the 1:2:4 format, it could be a 1:3:6 strategy.
Look at the following resources to make the process clearer or look at the videos:
Open
Practice Library |
|
Wet Tropics (Govt Australia) |
YouTube
1-2-4-All Strategy - Teaching Video
https://youtu.be/fE8hEaRxnRE?si=fFdjMXkLH_3ISVkV
YouTube:
Lean Facilitation Tools To Make Gatherings Awesome (1-2-4-All Liberating
Structures) (Lean Tip 013)
https://youtu.be/XRzZ76XSoZ0?si=aTpLzkxn8kyqCFmb
On
the Job" examples where the strategy is used:
Medical
Radiation Therapist |
Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer's poor DNA repair
abilities - an oncologist & physicist explain how. #TC Secondary
Lesson Strategy: 1 2 4 Strategy |
Materials sourced from
A-Z Strategies - PDF
Klaxoon
Liberating
Structures
