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This group learning routine is helpful when:

• You have a series of statements which could be always true, sometimes true, or never true.
• You want students to focus on justifications for why these statements are always true, sometimes true, or never true.

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• Students have had independent time to work on a problem or task.
• Students could use an opportunity to get feedback on their work and then revise it.

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• You have some interactive demonstration tool (eg. like an applet or interactive application) and only one computer or projector to use for the entire class. Another example might be a problem involving the use of algebra tiles that are visible underneath a document camera for someone to manipulate.
• You want all students to record observations, noticings, wonderings, generalizations, or respond to prompts based on the interactive demonstration.

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• Students are just getting started on solving a problem and you want some students to model an approach to solving the problem for other students.
• You want to give feedback to some students on their process and have all students benefit from that feedback.

This routine is helpful when:

• Students are working on a sequence of problems or tasks independently or together.
• The teacher is free to move around the room.

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• There is a clear visual representation of the mathematics for the pair of presenters to reference as they describe their strategy.
• Students have had time to prepare themselves to present.
• All students have attempted to solve the given problem already.

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• Students are working on a sequence of problems or tasks together.
• Students could use an opportunity to get feedback on their work (revision of work occurs the next time a student is a scribe).

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• There is a set of steps you want everyone to be able to follow without losing anyone in the audience. Eg. You are introducing students to using some feature on their calculator.

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• Students have had independent time to work on a problem or task.
• Many students could use an opportunity to get feedback on their work and then revise it.
• You want students to develop their use of precise language.

This group learning routine is helpful when:

• You have sufficient vertical whiteboard or chalkboard space for every student to be able to comfortable stand next to the board space.
• Students are able to productively work on a problem or set of problems to which they all have some access.
• You want to be able to quickly see where all students are at in a problem solving process.

This group routine is helpful when:

• You have some task or problem with multiple pieces (or clues) of information.
• These pieces of information are small and easily described verbally.
• You want students to work equitably on the task or problem.