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Hierarchic: 4 Main Ideas

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Jessica Richardson

Groupwork

Is about

Asetofinstructionalstrategiesthatemphasizestudentstudentinteractiontosupplementothermodels.

Main idea

Planning

Assignstudentstogroupsandseat
groupsaccordingly.
Preparematerialsforeachgroup
Provideaclearlearningobjective

Main idea

Implementing

Providecleardirectionsforseatwork
tasks.
Specifytheamountoftimestudents
havetoaccomplishthetask,andkeep
irrelativelyshort.
Requirethatstudentsproduce
something,suchaswrittenanswersto
specificquestions,asanoutcomeofthe
activity.
Monitorgroupswhiletheywork.

Main idea

Types

Thinkpairshare:agroupwork
strategythatasksindividual
studentsinlearningpairstofirst
answerateacherinitiatedquestion
andthensharetheanswerwitha
partner.
Pairscheck:involvesstudentpairs
inseatworkactivitiesfocusingon
problemswithconvergentanswers.
Combiningpairs:useslearning
pairsasthebasicunitofinstruction
buthasthepairssharetheir
answerswithotherpairs.
Teammatesconsult:combining
pairsthatrequiresdiscussion
beforestudentswritedownan
answer.

Main idea

Interactiveskills

Puttingstudentsdoesnotensure
theywillworktogetherefficiently.
Formallyteachsocialskills:
Readingnonverbalcues
Diplomaticallyresolving
disagreements
Puttingthoughtsintowords
Makingsupportivestatements.

So what? What is important to understand about this?

Groupworkcanbeusedtoreachbothlowerandhigherlevellearningobjectives.Itincreasesinvolvementthroughstudentstudentinteraction.

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