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e the fact-finder and ask them to be the fact-embellishers.
A fun alternative to traditional review sessions involves you acting as the fact provider. Call on
different people, give them a fact, and ask that they embellish that fact.
Example:
FACT: Peter Drucker is the author of The Effective Executive.
EMBELLISHED FACT: He is known as the “Father of Modern Management Science.”
Option: Divide the class into two teams. Allow them to select their own team names. Appoint a
scorekeeper to track how many embellished facts were provided by the members of each team
for each fact provided. Start with the first team. Give a fact. They, in return, will provide as
many (correct) embellishments as possible. Then go to the second team and repeat the process,
alternating back and forth between the two teams. Offer a token reward to the winners.
Brainteaser:
What does the distress signal “Mayday” actually stand for?
Answer: “M’aidez!” is French for “Save me’“ or “Help me,” and is pronounced “Mayday.”
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se birth order to bring order to the review.
Divide participants into four groups: Those who are only children; those who are the oldest;
those who are the youngest; and those who fall somewhere in the middle. After a few getting-to-
know-you minutes, ask them what traits they believe are associated with their particular birth
order. Have them record those traits in their groups. Then ask them to discuss how those traits
may have served as either barriers or boosters to the course content/course activities. (In other
words, could these traits have anything to do with those things that were easy for them to learn?
What was hard for them?)
Ask one spokesperson from each group to summarize the group’s observations and make a
report.
Brainteaser:
Which of the following numbered choices most closely resembles the meaning
of this Italian proverb?
“Flies don’t enter a closed mouth”
1. “There is no shame in keeping silent if you have nothing to say.” (Russian)
2. “Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.” (American)
3. “No use crying over spilt milk.” (British)
Answer: 1.
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