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group work and group assessment

Published on Nov 19, 2015

Designing effective group work and assessment for learning

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GROUP WORK & GROUP ASSESSMENT

A HARD NUT TO CRACK?
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AIMS

  • Identify the benefits of group work
  • Anticipate barriers to success
  • Consider how those barriers can be broken down with support mechanisms and assessment
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THE BENEFITS

  • Engagement
  • Performance
  • Retention
  • Employability
  • Amelioration of resource challeges
  • Research-teaching nexus
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EXCITING POSSIBILITIES

  • Create something
  • Solve a problem
  • Critically explore a concept
  • Research a new topic
  • Empirical research
  • Scenario
  • Interdisciplinarity
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WHY GROUPS FAIL?

People and processes
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THE BIG 3F'S

  • Fear
  • Freeloading
  • (Un) Fairness
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1. TEACH STUDENTS TO BE REFLECTIVE LEARNERS

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2. CONSTRUCT THE GROUPS

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3. INVOLVE

Give students some ownership of success factors
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4. ASSESSMENT

Make it meaningful
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LEARNING OUTCOMES

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WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?

Criteria based on learning outcomes
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EVIDENCING OUTCOMES

Process and/or product?
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MAP ONTO LEARNING JOURNEY

Formative and summative markerpoints
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WHO DECIDES?

Peer assessment, self assessment, tutor assessment
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TO CONCLUDE

  • Clear benefits of group work
  • Can anticipate barriers
  • Can break down barriers with support mechanisms and assessment designed for learning.
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Natasha Taylor