Student Groups
The most significant outcomes are peer learning, which aids students in retaining and developing learned material, and enhancement of learning through a social process, which helps students develop much needed teamwork skills.
Hi Hector!
Good thoughts! I think changing groups every class might be a little excession but it really depends on the mix of students and how it works for them. Some classes may be very open to changing this often. However, changing every class will certainly distrub the dynamics of the group process. But again - it may depend on how indepth the group assignment is or is it a group just for a discussion on particular topic for that day??? So many variables!
Is it possible to plan your instructional materials so that when you start a new focus that students could then change groups? Perhaps every third or fourth class.
Does anyone else have any suggestions for Hector?
Keep up the good work!
Jane Davis
ED106 Facilitator
While I know that once a group is creating, breaking the existing groups will disrupt the dynamics of the class, I think that creating different groups every class, will expose the students to different ways of thinking as well as prepare them to fit faster in a new group. What would you think about this method?
