Some examples of tasks that work well in groups are:
Learners can use the criteria to plan their presentation and assess each other’s work. The criteria could include:
Classroom example 2.3: Exploring SoundsMartha was teaching her Grade 6 class about sound. First, she prepared some resources in order to make different noises. She collected the following:
She organised her 50 students putting them into groups of five to investigate ways to change the sounds made by a range of objects. She gave each group one set of resources (some ‘drums’, five glass bottles with water, four plastic bottles with sand etc.). She asked her pupils to discuss the following two questions in their groups and then carry out investigations to find the answers:
Each group recorded their results on a poster, including any patterns that they found. Martha mixed up the high and low attaining pupils and while she walked around, she checked that the students who find the work more difficult were being involved in the activity. After the activity had finished, she put the posters on the wall and they walked around the room to look at each other’s. She asked them to discuss:
(Adapted from TESSA Primary Science, Module 3, Section 2, Activity 2) |
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