Adult learners are predisposed to "idividual effort" from their many life experiences. There is an initial reluctance to submit to guidance or suggestion from other students. Administering a short, "bubblegum for the brain" quiz or problem they attack together, and have it unrelated to the course, allows an initial period of commraderie and buffering of their resitance.Then they can take 10 minutes to question,discuss, and explore their individual differences and experiences; but too, they can realize their commonalities and mutual motivations for being in the class.