Agree/Disagree Chart (ADC)

Description

Agree/Disagree is an exercise to help students organize information to support a position either for or against an idea. It is an effective tool to record information and encourages and promotes effective discussion about a topic. ADC allows students to change position based on evidence collected if appropriate.

Procedure

1. Ask students to agree or disagree with a statement and to give reason why. After several responses both for and against, divide students into those who agree and those who disagree with the statement/idea. In these groups students must choose the 3 most important reasons for their position and share it with the class.

2. Reseat students. Point out that a reasonable person will listen to and think about both sides before reaching a decision and that they might even change when confronted with certain data. Use the overhead to list the statements made for and against. Discuss each statement and record the numbers who agree/disagree with each statement.

3. Students then research and discuss the topic in more depth. When finished, record on the overhead the numbers of students who now agree/disagree with the original statements. Discuss any differences with the class. This could in small groups, assigning roles as a recorder, a reader and a checker/encourager.

Link to Outcomes

Students describe and reason with patterns, structures and relationships in order to understand, interpret, justify and make predictions.

Dynamic Strategies

Thinking/Clarification

Thinking and Reasoning Skills

Evaluating, analysing

Agree/Disagree Chart (ADC)

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The Agree/Disagree Chart

STATEMENT	BEFORE		AFTER
	Agree	Disagree	Agree	Disagree