Collaborative Group Essential Questions

How can collaborative group work support students with diverse strengths and needs?

How can group work increase rigor and support?

What are some key strategies to consider when implementing group work?

• Increases engagement with learning

• deepens understanding

• allows flexible understanding

• provides support for learning

• Can find misconceptions• Reveal strengths and

weaknesses• Provides a means for

remediation• Evaluates progress

• generates group solutions for difficult questions

• cultivates mutual responsibility

• promotes positive academic behavior

Personal Benefits

Students are able to:Gender a Commitment for Success

Experiment with new understandings

Value mistakes as rich opportunities for learning

Teacher StrategiesRefer to blue booklet on Collaborative Group WorkTeach students how to work in groups –p. 3Favorite Strategies – p. 4Tricks for shaping effective groups –p. 8Suggestions for enough structure –p. 9Accountability measure –p. 9Methods for differentiating group work-p.11Formative Assessment tool –p. 11Noise Comfort level – p. 12Reflections – p. 12

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Rigor RedefinedThe Road to 21st Century

Learning

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/oct08/vol66/num02/Rigor_Redefined.aspx

Please refer to the article below

How We Teach

•We don’t cover material, we uncover solutions.

What We Teach•Our students know what to do, when they don’t know what do.

How We Lead•We treat our students as partners and not subordinates.

How We Think• Questions are more

important than answers .Our Students interpret, and connect, evaluate and justify and learn to think on their own.

How We Collaborate

• Working together sets up apart.

• Our size and emphasis on teamwork and collaboration help foster a safe and supportive environment.

Where We Teach• Our school is a network. Everybody

is a part of the network. Every connection is vital. Our network is both flexible and supportive, and extends beyond our campus into our homes and communities.

Where do we begin with 21st Century Skills?

There are seven survival skills students need to thrive in the new world of work.

Seven Survival Skills1. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

2. Collaboration and Leadership

3. Agility and Adaptability

4. Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

5. Effective Oral and Written Communication

6. Accessing and Analyzing Information

7. Curiosity and Imagination

Exit Ticket

1. Write a paragraph about another set of standards or strategies from your school or district that could correlate with the instructional strategies.

2. Correlate the instructional strategies with the 21st century skills (outcomes).

3. Email to Dorcas by Monday, Sept 14 mdgreen77@embarqmail.com

Correlate the strategies with 21st century skills (outcomes).Instructional Strategies

21st Century Skills (outcomes)

Critical Thinking

Problem Solving

Ability to apply Knowledge

Mastery of Content Knowledge

Innovative/Creative Thinking

Communication Skills

Ability to Learn in and Work in Teams

Relationship Building

Interpersonal/Social Skills

Work Ethic

Flexibility/Adaptability

Global Awareness

Cultural Competency