Group formation

Group formation

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This practice helps create groups according to student interests

  • Group Size Unlimited
  • Time Frame 5-30 minutes
  • Facilitation Level Beginner
  • Contributes to Understand & Remember & Activate

  • Resources

    Computer/Tablet

  • Individual Work

    Yes

  • Team Work

    Yes

  • Mode

    Online & Offline

Implementation

Step 1 – explain the project details, objectives and what is expected for students to do

Step 2 – Ideas for students to develop in their project are brainstormed

Step 3 – students should identify the themes they would like to develop in the project, write in a paper and give to the teacher

Step 4 – the teacher organizes the students by theme and creates the groups

Step 5 – Students make the first meeting of the group to define the title/theme of the project (it can be adapted for the students strengths if the objective is to create multidisciplinary groups)

Aim

The aim is to create work groupss by topic preference. This method allows students to interact with those with the same motivation and with whom they normally would not, getting them out of their comfort zone.

Note

Students may try to be in the same group has their friends, and write the same topics/themes.

Credit

Beatriz Silva, University of Lisbon

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