Courtesy of Professor Sheila Fields, Marshall University Mid-Ohio Valley Center, One John Marshall Way, Point Pleasant, WV 25550
Getting the most out of group work in FYS
Here is the information I use for the group assignment. I have the students complete Reflection 1 before I discuss “The Dreaded Team Assignment”. After discussing it, they complete Reflection 2. Then we discuss the group project of “Teach the Class”, and I assign them to groups based on their results of VARK and Myers Briggs (each type of learner in each group, and introverts grouped together and extroverts grouped together). After completing the assignment, they complete the Group Project Assessment. We just completed this assignment, so I asked the students to write positive/negative comments. The positive included getting to know classmates better, meeting classmates, enjoyed working together as a group, enjoyed the hands-on activities presented in each group, enjoyed learning about the different Learning Outcomes. Negative comments included presentation was required to be too long, one group had an issue with a classmate, but was able to work it out on their own, the majority did not have a negative comment.
Group Project Reflection updated