1. Using Team Challenges to Promote Individual Learning
Daren Starnes
The Lawrenceville School
2016 AP Reading

2. Team Challenge: What? Groups of 3-4 students
Collaborating on a common task
Free response question(s)
Multiple choice questions
Investigative task
Collective responsibility with individual accountability

3. Team Challenge: How? Assign teams of 3-4 students
Randomly?!
Strategically?!
Seat team members together
Give each student one copy of the task
Set a time limit
Decide how you will assess the team’s work
Grade one part/question at random per student
Have the team submit one paper

4. Team Challenge: Why?
Deepen student understanding of content, methods, and statistical communication
Promote collaborative learning for the benefit of all students
Build students’ confidence in answering challenging questions
Improve student performance on AP-style questions

5. Team Challenge: When? During block periods
As a quiz/test during the “turkey term”
In the lead-up to the AP Exam
Anytime you can (I do them about once a week)