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Name: Mary

Kate Boykin
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Date:

01/30/13

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Main idea Main idea

Having students learn how to cooperate with one another while learning to organize bodies of information.
Main idea Main idea

Planning
1. Specifying Learning Objectives -make sure your students understand what it is you expect them to take away from the lesson, for example acquiring research abilities, selfdirection, and developing social skills 2. Preparing Study Guides -require students to outline the info. you want them to find important

Implementing
Phase 1: Assigning Experts
- assign students individually within a a group a topic to study thoroughly

Assessing
Part 1: Assessing Understanding
of Content

Motivation/ Modification
Motivation
-giving students the freedom to

Phase 2: Information Gathering

-students will use their study guides to gather info. from appropriate resources until they understand their assigned topic thoroughly

-assess students to find out if they

remembered and understood the content with traditional assessments such as multiple choice quiz/test, or short essay items.

choose a topic, while

becoming expert teachers could in turn motivate them to study that topic more thoroughly if it fell within

3. Forming Student Teams

Phase 3: Expert Meetings -students will bring together their

Part 2: Assessing Group Processes -assess students on how well they work with others, including their

their own interests

Modification -group work should be

-assign teams that are diverse in gathered info. so that they can organize gender, abilities, and cultural and present their findings from expert differences so that they are beneficial groups to their regular groups for students to enhance their social Phase 4: Peer Instruction cooperation skills -students teach their fellow group mates 4. Supplementing expert Presentations on the individual topics that were -be knowledgeable of the info. youre assigned asking your students to know so you Phase 5: Review and Closure can help if they have questions or -make sure students understand the problems understanding info. thoroughly

communication skills, how well

they contributed to the group, and how

appropriate for course

content as well as be given

well they kept their info. organized

enough time to complete

So what? What is important to understand about this?

It is important for students to build on their social skills by practicing how they communicate their thoughts to other people, but it is also important for students to learn how to gather information in an organized manner.