Group Work - Practical Considerations/Table
From OER in Education
| Grouping – size and composition
I could use … |
Managing groups
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Stimulus for group talk
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| pairs | pair talk | explanation for group talk |
| small group (three or four) | pairs to fours | demonstration for group talk |
| large group (five to seven) | snowball | question and answer for group talk |
| friendship grouping | spokesperson | taking notes using group talk |
| ability grouping | envoys | worksheets and book exercises using group talk |
| groups with similar personalities together | rainbow groups | practical work using group talk |
| groups with different statements | number/letter/colour | misconceptions or false personalities together |
| single-sex groups | random numbering | artefacts, photographs, etc. |
| groups with equal numbers of boys/girls per group | random continuum | open ended questions |
| random selection for grouping | other ideas | group concept or mind maps |
| groups with pupils with same first language | other ideas | concept cartoons
card sorts or continuum |
| other ideas |
