Group Learning
I like the putting them in groups, small groups of less than 8. Trying to split up the diversity of them could be hard since they all seem to "buddy up" to quick. How to you really get the right diversity.
James,
this is a great idea & like you said, let's you know who the "buddies" are so you can break them up.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
I like to let them sit where they like. This shows me the small "buddy groups" that exist. I then assign groups deliberatly seperating those buddy groups from each other. When the buddies get together later, they talk about what happend in both groups.
Charles,
one way to avoid the buddy up is to do a totally random group assignment--assigning numbers or drawing group numbers out of a hat. That may or may not help with the diversity as it is random.
Ryan Meers, Ph.D.
