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Active Memory Challenge For Team Problem Solving - Flip Over Ten

Active Memory Challenge For Team Problem Solving - Flip Over Ten is a team reflection exercise for reflection and learning: it helps participants reflect on experience and turn observations into learning.

5 to 15 minutesTIME
Small group (4-8)GROUP SIZE
ActiveENERGY
In person, RemoteSETTING
High cognitive loadCOGNITIVE LOAD
Strengthens Learning Transfer This reflection and learning exercise strengthens Learning Transfer, one of the eight Gathering Effectiveness pillars.

How to run it

  1. In advance, select ten cards from a regular deck representing Ace (one) to Ten.
  2. Randomly lay these ten playing cards face-down on a table/ground.
  3. Assemble your group about 5 to 10 metres away from the cards, standing behind a line.
  4. Instruct your group to flip over all of the cards, one at a time, in order from Ace to Ten.
  5. Only one person is permitted to move forward of the line and flip one card at a time.
  6. Encourage each person in the group to flip a card once before anyone can flip a second card.
  7. Challenge your group to complete the task in the quickest time possible.
  8. Flip Over Ten Active memory challenge to build teamwork & strategic thinking.
  9. Flip Over Ten is an active memory challenge that demonstrates how group performance improves through iteration and collaborative learning.
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Prompts to use +

In advance, select ten cards from a regular deck representing Ace (one) to Ten.

Only one person is permitted to move forward of the line and flip one card at a time.

Encourage each person in the group to flip a card once before anyone can flip a second card.

Flip Over Ten Active memory challenge to build teamwork & strategic thinking.

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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Active Memory Challenge For Team Problem Solving - Flip Over Ten. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: In advance, select ten cards from a regular deck representing Ace (one) to Ten.; Only one person is permitted to move forward of the line and flip one card at a time.; Encourage each person in the group to flip a card once before anyone can flip a second card.; . Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.

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  • Where we observed it: The strongest current observations come from Playmeo; aggregators are listed as additional observations, not origin proof. (1 source observed, including Playmeo.)
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  • No efficacy claims: appearing in this library is not a claim that the exercise is proven effective. Facilitator judgment and context decide whether it works for a given room.
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