Group Work Participation!

Small group work is defined as;

• Conversation between two or more learners

• Discussion on the main points learnt over the lesson

• When two or more learners work together without direct intervention from a teacher for a period of time

• Students working individually on a task that will be assessed by teacher over the school holidays.

Key features of a small group discussion.

Students ____ in small groups.

Small group work key features:

Students _____ learning tasks, observe others work then come to conclusions together.

Select all that apply:

What are some BENEFITS for students working in small groups?

• Allows students to practice leadership

• Students are active learners rather than passive

• Good way of activating students prior knowledge

•   Improve students oral communication skills

Select all answers that follow in this statement:

"A simple, short burst of group work in a lecture lead to significant improvements in..."

Anderson, 2020.

• Students were not satisfied with their teacher

• Student’s perception of the classes usefulness

• Students rated the class as more difficult than last semester

• Student’s interest in the class material

Select all that follow from this statement:

"Small group learning leads too..."

Garfield, 2017.

• Better productivity

• Improved attitudes to the topic

• Students just received information

• Students were not learning individually to a standard

Here are some examples of small group work used in secondary teaching.

As a student what group activity choice are you more drawn to?

• Group brainstorms

• Group research questions

• Group task of creating a poster

• Group task to create a video

Small group activity to use in a health lesson would be...

• Small sided games

• Expo that showcases each topic

• Skills practise in small groups

• Exploring main points of a skill in pairs

Small group work in PE is utilised _________ often

HASS & English adopt a collaborative and interactive style of learning which allows for small group work to be an activity or assessment.

• True

• False