greater interaction and group cohesion.
This essay focuses on greater interaction and group cohesion.meeting the diverse needs of students? How will you group your students so they do not feel inferior
greater interaction and group cohesion.
How will you manage group and cooperative learning when it comes to meeting the diverse needs of students? How will you group your students so they do not feel inferior or superior and their self-esteem is taken into consideration? do you ensure that learning is happening for everyone?
Assign groups intentionally (based on skills and/or backgrounds). This strategy minimizes the chance that high ability students will flock together leaving others out, allows you to create more diverse groups, and creates opportunities for students to work with peers they otherwise might not have interacted.
Explain how groups will operate & how students will be graded
- Assign tasks that allow for a fair division of labor so that each member has a chance to contribute.
- Choose tasks that require interdependence to promote greater interaction and group cohesion.
- Start by assigning simple tasks and increase complexity as students become more skilled at group work.
- Ask groups to set out a timeline and a plan of action outlining group goals and individual responsibilities.
- Check in regularly with the groups to monitor progress and identify problems.
- Discuss group task objectives and define the relevant concepts.
- Provide advice about how to work as a team, how to get start, and how to know when their task is do.
- Set forth grading standards. Group work is more successful when students are grade against a set standard rather than each other.
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