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“I hate group work!” :“I hate group work!” What are the advantages and disadvantages of working with other?
What are the most common complaints about group work from students and from faculty?
What can we do about them? Does anyone know what we’re doing?
Learning from group work :Learning from group work
A little fun :A little fun First try the quiz on your own
Then try it with two other people.
How did the scores/experience compare?
Trivial Pursuit Quiz :Trivial Pursuit Quiz Where is Mount Fuji?
What US city is famous for Jazz and Creole food?
What is the national symbol for Canada?
What Shakespeare play is about a son’s revenge for his father’s murder?
What sport is most widely played worldwide?
What is the name for the process that produces sex cells?
Who composed “the Moonlight Sonata”? What country borders on Portugal on the north?
What nation’s capitol is Bangkok?
Who was the first space traveler?
How many teaspoons are there in a tablespoon?
What are the colors of the Olympics rings?
What are the colors of the Mexican flag?
What causes earthquakes?
Is Antarctica bigger or smaller than Australia?
Answers :Answers Japan
New Orleans
The maple leaf
Hamlet
soccer
meiosis
Beethoven
Spain Thailand
Yuri Gagarin
Three
Black, blue, red, green and yellow
Red, white and green
Tectonic plate shifts
Bigger
What did you observe about the group vs individual work? :What did you observe about the group vs individual work?
What theories say about groups? :What theories say about groups? Cognitive processing theory
Explain to understand
More retrieval cues
Reconstruction of memory stimulated
Social Cognitive theory
Zone of proximal development
Interaction with others provides models
Solving more complex problems promotes self-efficacy
What theories say about groups? :Constructivism/socioconstructivism
All learning is construction by the learner
All learning is based on interaction
Social psychology theory
Peer pressure
Peer support What theories say about groups?
Common pats and pans about groups that what you’ve heard :Common pats and pans about groups that what you’ve heard Pats – It works because: Pans – It doesn’t work because:
Let’s problem solve around groups in groups. :Let’s problem solve around groups in groups. Using the “pans” that we just listed,
Each group will adopt a “pan” and put it to rest.
Prepare a list of points that will help faculty deal with each of the “pans”.
Report out to the whole group.
But first………..
What was your reaction when I said we’d work in groups? Be honest. :What was your reaction when I said we’d work in groups? Be honest. Why did you have that reaction?
What would alleviate that reaction short of not using groups?
Pan 1: :Pan 1:
Pan 2: :Pan 2:
Pan 3: :Pan 3:
Pan 4: :Pan 4: