Introduction/Rationale
Process
Example: Religious Studies Year 11 ACT - Sacred Texts
Examples used on this website

Introduction/Rationale

This is a revision strategy or comprehension strategy.

Year after the year, the same pressures attend exam revision. Each year teachers try the old favourites, alongside a few new revision strategies to keep our students interested. Happily, we now have a wealth of evidence to support some revision strategies over others as we approach the revision stretch.

We know that students are not the most reliable when it comes to judging their own learning, with regular self-testing proving the most effective antidote. We also know that some strategies, like re-reading and using highlighters, are largely ineffective, whereas as quizzing does the trick. We know that a little ‘deliberate difficulty‘ may well prove a good thing for revision, and that ‘cramming‘ is inferior to ‘distributed practice‘ (or spreading revision out over time), when it comes to remembering. (Source: The Confident Teacher)

Use this strategy to help students connect new ideas and information to their prior knowledge about a particular topic. The protocol described here engages students in metacognitive reflection by asking them to identify ideas and pieces of information that are consistent with their prior understanding of a topic, those that cause them to revise their thinking, and those that are confusing. This process helps students both deepen their understanding of a topic and become more thoughtful and independent learners. (Source: Facing History)

Process (Source: Kenneth Beaton, ACU Education Student)

This activity can be used as a revision exercise for the whole class, for groups or individuals on a particular topic or a comprehension exercise after providing the students with stimulus material.

Students know their subject or have been given stimulus material about a subject. The students are then given 3 creative activities around/about this subject to complete by selecting 3 activities themselves out of 9.

Teacher - How to create a Connect Three...

• Create a table of 9 squares.
      
• In each row have a variety of different activities eg. a straight forward revision tool and at least one creative activity.
    
• Remember to check that the diagonals also have different types of learning tools
     
• Suggestions for activities include:
     
  • Plan an essay/short story
  • Draw a comic or political cartoon
  • Create a diagram
  • Create a game
  • Prepare a talk
  • Compile recommendations
  • Prepare a slideshow
  • Create a mind map
  • Create a diorama
  • Create a One-Minute play
  • Create a role play to explain.....
  • Create a Venn diagram
  • Watch "Would I lie to you" and get 5 other students to nominate either a Lie or True by listing reasons
  • Use a list of names from the text to create new names
  • Create a picture gallery
  • Create a marketing video
• Create a Haiku poem
• Compare and contrast
• Prepare interview questions
• Create an infographic
• Create a Poster
• Create a Voki
• Find a suitable piece of music to illustrate ....
• Create an online crossword with 10 clues
• Paint a scene from ....
• Write a follow-up story 
     
• After you have created the "Connect Three" squares, present this revision tool to the students on paper so they can decide which three activities they would like to complete.

Students are to select one row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) and complete the three activities individually or for younger students to complete as a group.  

Example: Connect Three: Religious Studies - Sacred Texts - A Semester Unit at Tertiary Level Revision for Year 11 students
(Source: Kenneth Beaton, ACU Education Student)

Students are to select one row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal) and complete the three activities.

Examples used on this website
#TC indicates the stimulus material is from The Conversation

Horse Float Driver	How to tow a Horse Float This Connect Three is a comprehension exercise for English or a Driving School exercise Word Doc Middle  Secondary Lesson Strategy: Revision of complex and detailed material using Connect Three
Marine Archaeologist	Shipwrecks, Seaweed, Climate Change & Marine Archaeologists #TC This Connect Three is for Teachers of Geography, English, Science, RE [Ethics], & Philosophy or Theory of Knowledge Word Doc Secondary
Minister of Religion	Sacred Texts For Teachers of Religious Education as a revision exercise for Sacred Texts  Word Doc Secondary Religious Studies (Year 11, ACT)
Surfboard Repair Technician	BTN Surfing Stories - A follow up by creating a "Connect Three"! This "connect three" is following up 3 stories from BTN Primary
LOTJ: Cedar & Stu Anderson Beekeepers	Honey Bees This Connect Three is for students studying Science Word Doc Primary Middle  Secondary
LOTJ: Genevieve Bell Anthropologist	Genevieve Bell: Connect Three Secondary For English or Technology Students
LOTJ: Evonne Goolagong Cawley Sportsperson	Evonne's Life For English or PE Teachers this Connect Three uses the stimulus material of this great Australian to promote: but also how to make a presentation, short story, marketing video, mindmap, poetry, or a compare and contrast. Word Doc Primary Middle  Secondary
LOTJ: Corrie Waller Steward of Racing	The Life of a Steward of Racing For English Teachers & PE this Connect Three uses the stimulus material of the World of Racing Word Doc Middle  Secondary