Group Working with International Students- taking a transparent approach to collaborative learningJackie Willis & Dale Peterson, School of Life Sciences

Issues in group working

Monocultural groups• Communication

• Co-operation

• Collaboration

Multicultural groups• Language barriers• promotes learning• Cultural issues• develops cultural

awareness• Inexperience• supports personal

development

UH – Problem based learning group work

• Training – induction programmes• Providing a ‘comfortable’ environment• Facilitation• Peer assessment + tutor assessment• Formative feedback• Transparency of individual contributions – wiki• Summative feedback

UH – Assessment

Evaluation – peer assessment & facilitator assessment

1 2 33.83.94

4.14.24.34.44.54.6

Peer Assessment Session

Ave Score/5

1 2 33.5

3.7

3.9

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.7

4.9

5.1

Peer Assessment Session

Ave Score/5

1 2 33.4

3.6

3.8

4

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

Peer Asessment Session

Ave Score/5

Evaluation – peer assessment & facilitator assessment

1 2 33.4

3.6

3.8

4

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.8

Peer Assessment session

Ave Score/5

1 2 32.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

Peer Assessment Sessions

Ave Score/5

1 2 32.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

Peer Assessment Session

Ave Score/5

Acknowledgements

• This work was supported through the CABLE4 project• Many thanks to other members of the CABLE4 team:

Rachel FoxRichard HoffmanShithal Kantheti

and Irene Anderson for her support through CABLE