Group Learning

Group Learning

1. Articulate ideas and understandings, uncover assumptions and misconceptions, and negotiate with others

2. LEARNING PROCESS

   • Collaborative learning
     • contributions of individual group members, sharing authority, and leads to dialog and consensus building on topics without a clear right and wrong answer
   • Cooperative learning
     • subset of collaborative learning that involves more teacher intervention
     • Every member has a role

3. GROUP STRUCTURE

   • Short-term groups
     • Temporary groups
     • Activities
       • Think-pair share
         • First you work individually, then form a joint reponse
       • Think-pair square
         • two pairs of students join together
       • Turn-To-Your-Neighbor Discussions
         • They work with the classmate next to them
       • Pair-And-Compare
         • They compare and rewrite notes
       • Small-Group Homework Check
         • Work individually, then compare answers and come up with only one work
     • Other activities
       • Jigsaw
         • Every student has one responsability, he/she meets with students from other groups who have the same responsibility
       • Rountable
         • group members take turns recording a response ,quickly they passed from one member to another
       • Send-A-Problem
         • Every group provides a solution
       • Dyadic Essay Confrontation
         • each student writes an essay question and model response to the question, then they exchange essay questions, and each writes a spontaneous response
   • Long-term groups
     • together for an extended period of time
     • Team Formation
       • 3 to 5 students
       • Random selection
         • The instructor chooses what method to be used
       • Instructor-selected teams
         • ability, strengths, experience, gender, ethnicity, or some other characteristic