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Get it From the Source: Students Reflect on Group Learning
School: Fenway High School, Boston, MA
Documentation by Frances Farrell and Rawchayl Sahadeo
Our Making Learning Visible: Project Zero exhibition centers around group learning based on the students? perspective of its purpose and strategies to improve the group learning experience.
Many teachers make their assignment with a group focus product. However at times, the students are not given clear objectives, purpose and detailed assigned roles, which leads to an unsuccessful group experience.
Students have long been pushed to the side and not asked their opinion on what makes a successful group experience, what skills they have learned in a group setting, and what points should teachers keep in mind before creating groups for a more rewarding experience.
The documenters asked seven students (five boys and two girls) to take part in a focus group critiquing their tenth grade Humanities class? taping on a recent William Shakespeare lesson. Coinciding with the Shakespeare lesson, the students were reading the Romeo and Juliet play. While watching the five-minute videotape, the group was asked to observe how the members of the group interacted with each other, the productivity of their individual learning and the success of the group in completing the assigned task.
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