# think-pair-share

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A collaborative teaching strategy in which the teacher poses a question or a problem to the students, who think about it and then pair up to discuss their thoughts.

## Etymology
First proposed by Frank Lyman of the University of Maryland in 1981.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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