Chapter # 5: Teaching to the Individual, Working with the Group

This chapter talks about why some students may or may not participate in the class. It also talks about group work and how you can actively engage students that may not always participate. It is important to remember that even in group work students are individuals and need to be graded accordingly. Assigning roles in a group helps so that all students pull their own weight.

We actually just talked about cooperative learning in Beth's class today. Cooperative learning assigns roles to each student so that they are actively engaged in the task at hand. I liked it because it allows students to discuss ideas without feeling slighted. I was the facilitator and had to make sure that the whole group was actively engaged in the conversation. I think this is a great way to make group work successful so that it is not just one person doing the work.