Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Students share common scheme to classify shoes down to a single owner.

Activity: The scheme that appears on the board almost always looks something like the example below:


LEFT SHOES

LACES NO LACES

NOT PENNY LOAFERS PENNY LOAFERS

Students freely contribute suggestions for identifying the categories and become more attentive to subtle distinguishing features.

Assessment: Quality and degree of student involvement.