Cubing

**Cubing**  allows you to group your students to work collaboratively while exploring a topic from six different points of view. This strategy helps to improve students reading, writing, and critical thinking skills.

 Cubing is very adaptable as nearly every topic can be cubed. You can even modify the perspectives to work better with the topic you have selected
 * Each group will focus on one perspective:**
 * describe it
 * compare it
 * associate it
 * analyze it
 * apply it
 * argue for it or against it


 * Here is how you can apply the strategy:**

• Begin by selecting the topic to be cubed. (this works well after student are already familiar with the topic) • Divide students into six small groups; assign one of the six perspectives to each group. • Each group of students brainstorms ideas about the topic from their assigned perspective. • Following the brainstorming and discussion within their group, each group chooses a scribe and collaboratively writes a paragraph exploring that perspective. • Each group reads its paragraph to the class. Other students react to connections the group has made and may pose ideas for revisions and make new connections.


 * For more information on cubing, please visit:**

http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratCubing.html