CONCEPT MAP

WORK GROUP

General Topic:

It is an organized way of working among several people in order to achieve common goals.

Exclusion:

Individual work

Topic 1:

Organizing the Groups

Topic 2:

Designating Roles in Groups

Topic 3

Sharing Group Results

Characteristics:

1. Having students work in groups allows them to practice the skills they are learning.

2. Dividing them into groups develops

social skills useful in the professional environment for which they are training.

3. Gives to students the opportunity to perform in a supportive environment before an exam.

- Size Two to six people in a group is ideal.

- Selection: You should either assign students randomly to groups or select students so that each group has an equal distribution of talents.

- Duration: Use the groups for a brief discussion in class or for all semester.

- Leader: Responsible for keeping the group on task.

- Encourager: Encourages conversation and inclusion of all opinions.

- Prober: Ensures that the assumptions are correct.

Recorder: Writes down the group’s solution that will be submitted for the group.

- Students should share the results of their group with the class at large. This holds them

accountable to show their work.

- Having to show the other groups what they did can

increase their motivation to produce higher level work.