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PRESENTER: A consensogram is
sort of what it sounds like.
It gets a consensus of
how the students feel
about a certain topic.
So for my class, we
typically do a consensogram
at the beginning of a unit
or at the end of a unit.
So we get the ideas going.
We ask them questions.
And they put different sticky
notes in certain columns
so that we can directly
assess that information.
These are a lot of the topics
discussed in Fahrenheit 451.
So I want you to take about
10 seconds and think about it.
And you will use
your sticky note
and come ahead and stick your
idea in the appropriate column,
and then we'll
analyze that data.
Yes, Louise?
I like a consensogram because
it is easy to prepare.
It's something that
the students enjoy
doing because it gets
them up and moving.
They don't have to
stay in their seats.
A lot of the students want
to ask questions about,
what do my peers think
about a particular topic?
And when it's visual
and on the board,
the students are able to
see everything at once.
I think that they like
having that visual data.
And they like knowing that
others think in different ways
because a lot of students
think that their peers are
on the same train of thought.
But once they see
what's different
in their own
classroom, they begin
to have very enriching
discussions about those things.
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