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.
Identify real life situations where you need to compare/contrast to make decisions.
Work in groups. Students compile list of times/events/situations where they needed to use comparison/contrasting skills to problem-solve and make decisions.
Refer to the 1R activity they just completed and the information/perspectives/understandings that were gained by comparing/contrasting.