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Stephan,
I use learning groups a lot in my classes as well and my results have been like yours. My students like to work in groups and get to know their classmates better as a result of time spent working on a common goal.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I've always found when pairing up students in class they help each other out to figure out problems or to understand what they or working on and also have made lasting relationships with each other.
Emeline,
My students like to play games as well. They really get competitive when we are playing a game that has them reviewing for an upcoming test. We need to keep in mind that adults are just taller children, they like to receive rewards. Your examples are right on because they get them involved in the games and they start to work hard at being able to supply the answers since they want to earn a reward.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I would incorporate games like who wants to be a millionaire,jeopardy and board games. You will see how students really enjoy and get engage in our discussions. By the way I give rewards to students that would score high in each game.Example of this would be movie tickets,starbucks gift cards.
Michael,
I am a big fan of case studies. My students really like working through them because they get to use their newly acquired knowledge and they get to learn out the cases came out. This way they get to see if their proposed solutions were close to how the case was resolved.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
In my limited experience as an instructor I have found that case studies are a very effective in getting class discussion going. Together as a class we read the case study, and there is always different answers to the questions asked. It allows the students to share their experiences and correlate them with course content. It is an awesome tool that I will continue to use going forward.
David,
I have found that using case studies really helps with cohort groups because they get to use their previous experiences to work on a problem that has a common outcome. While doing this you can introduce ideas and examples that will help them solve the problem that is being presented. This is where the engagement comes and it won't be long before they are cohort group for your class and not just from previous classes.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.