THINK-PAIR-SHARE COMPARATIVE TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGY
Synopsis
Think-Pair-Share (TPS) is a widely used collaborative learning strategy that aims to promote student engagement, critical thinking, and communication skills. In response to the prevailing poor performance of students in their external examinations, national and international competitions, scholars are in search of instructional strategies that will enhance students understanding, comprehension and academic achievement. This is the reason why the authors have decided to give a close look on how teachers can act as facilitators in implementing Think-Pair -Share instructional strategy to boost learning outcomes. This is a cooperative learning strategy provide students with opportunity to engage with course content in a manner that demonstrates both self- learning and collaborative learning. The requirements for implementing Think – Pair – Share and the different adaptations of the strategy in different discipline were explained. The merits and demerits of the study as well as suggestions for improvement of the strategy were highlighted.
