Form groups using puzzle pieces

Able to create opportunities for students to:
•Engage in subject specific discussions with peers
•Learn how to work cooperatively and support each other
•Develop effective teamwork and communication (including interpersonal and cross cultural awareness)

•Get students attention. Students easily engaged to game activities due to their willingness in playing.
•Students get a positive experience about learning.

Gameplay:
- Participants form teams of 4-6
- Random participant will be called to select a score and the question will be asked
- All teams will be given a chance to answer on a piece of paper and correct answers will be given scores

How to play: Give students a topic to think about, then they will be asked to pair with someone in order to share their ideas

Search for group members with rhyming words

• a common task or activity
• small group learning
• co-operative behavior
• interdependence
• individual responsibility and accountability

•Competition can increase hostility between students
•Competition weakens the intrinsic motivation to learn the educational content because of the focus on winning
•Losing can lead to lower self-esteem.

- Participants collaborate to roll the dice and reach the end point by solving puzzles or questions related to the topic

How to play: Students share their ideas with a partner in quick succession similar to a popular dating strategy

Search for group members by making animal noises

• People need to go at different speeds.
• Someone may try to take over the group.
• Quiet people may not feel comfortable.
• Sometimes people just don't get along.
• People may not pull their weight.
• It is not fair!

There is a Player, Coach, and Scorekeeper in this game

How to play: Each student or team will be given a piece of a puzzle (e.g. a small part of a concept) to work on. The students then will fit the puzzle piece to the 'whole' in a logical sequence by explaining their own puzzle piece

Partnering game where half the class gets words and the other half definitions

Groups can be of the same suit or odd numbers, even numbers, etc.