At the recent Teaching Professor Conference, several participants talked with me about a couple of recent blog posts on group work and their concerns about how students function in groups when they work on major projects. The concerns that many faculty have about group dynamics can be solved by carefully designing the group activity. I thought it might be useful to revisit the findings of a really excellent study of students’ experiences in groups. The faculty researchers asked MBA students to answer a series of questions about their best and worst group experiences. Based on the results, the researchers offer these recommendations.
Posts Tagged ‘student collaboration’
Rethinking and Rebuilding Student Collaboration
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by maryannCollaborative work is the bane of many students’ academic careers. And yet, their professional and personal lives will rely on it. How can we rethink the teaching of collaboration? This interactive presentation aims to resuscitate collaborative work by offering insight and tools that teachers and students can use to engage collaboration that is challenging, productive, [...]
It’s the Context! Making Engagement Pedagogies Successful
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by maryannThis session will showcase classroom-tested engagement activities focused on student reading that have resulted in surprising success. The presenters will provide brief explanations of engagement pedagogies implemented in a variety of gateway courses. Participants will collaborate in developing sample teaching and learning strategies, including class wikis, problem-based learning projects, reading apprenticeship routines, study guides, and [...]