"Anonymous Cards is an activity in which students write questions that are redistributed to peers, who then research and answer the questions that they have received. When students pose questions and answers to one another, it centers the learning at the appropriate level for the students in the course by default. This IDEA also allow students to ask questions that most concern them and use each other as resources to find answers. In the last phase of the activity, students share the questions they received and the answers they developed with the rest of the class as they teach the class what they have learned.Students, particularly ones who are new to the topic, may be too embarrassed to ask a question during class. This activity allows all students to ask questions and promotes the ideas that one should have questions while learning. Although it is beneficial for students to be able to ask what they really want to know without being embarrassed, it can also be challenging for a peer to answer, which can push them to learn more." — Teaching for Learning, Major CH, Harris MS, Zakrajsek T, 2016 |