Card Sort
Purpose:
Additional Purpose(s):
Organizing Learning, Generating and Sharing Ideas
Overview:
Learners look for connections between concepts or key words as they sort them into groups.
Procedure:
- Provide learners with concepts (key words) on cards.
- In small groups, learners:
- sort these concepts,
- determine labels for each category, and
- show the connections between concepts/groups.
Variations:
Learners can record their own ideas on sticky notes or cards (one idea per sticky note/card) and then sort, label, and connect their ideas.
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