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Tom DaccordStudents Can Get Work Done in Groups
For project learning to be most effective, students must understand how to work together.pbl projectbasedlearning projects edutopia ncsshistory collaboration collaborative
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Kim HurstCollaboration, "project charter", contract, project based learning
collaboration projectbasedlearning technology teaching projects 2009-2010 lessonplan
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Lennie SymesStudents Can Get Work Done in Groups
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Laura DotoCollaboration for projects - group dynamics and the need to explicitly teach collaboration skills.
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nothing is more cognitively and physically taxing in the project-learning environment than managing student work groups
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Groups, Lawler says, "are the Ferraris of work design. They are high performance but high maintenance and expensive.
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in order to get everyone on the same page," explains Coit. "The project-management plan requires a similar process, but it's between the group members; they talk about what they're creating, how they're going to do it, and what their individual roles will be
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to communicate diplomatically
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to convey to students that when someone wants to make a point to a team member, he or she should do the following: "State the facts, tell your story, and encourage the other person to tell you his story."
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a combination English, economics, and government course at Sacramento New Technology High School, in Sacramento,
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English-geography class
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proper training on how to work together
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Newman and Coit start the year off by doing a number of team-building and
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Each student then volunteers to take on a specific leadership role, such as
being the group scribe (who is responsible for taking notes and paperwork), the
marshal (who keeps the team on schedule), and the liaison (who interacts with
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Coit and Newman also recommend setting aside class time every day for students
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when students form new groups -- is the ideal time for team members to establish
agreed-on group norms for decision making and communicating with one another,
and the consequences of violating those norms, which makes it easier for both
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Part of the collaborative process is the ability to create a cohesive product,
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encourage the other person to tell you his story
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Joan VandertieNew Tech, power skills, how to work together, contracts, "firing group members
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The biggest mistake people make when they put kids into groups is that they don't give them proper training on how to work together," says Newman, who teaches geography. "If you provide them with the skills to communicate, ask one another questions, and use their peers as resources, they learn much more.
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