Group Work

June 13, 2024

“So, what do you think?” Using Think-Pair-Share to Engage ALL Students

Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the simplest ways to engage your students is the tried-and-tested teaching strategy called ‘Think-Pair-Share’. If you are newer to teaching, then this should...

Active Learning and Engagement/Collaboration/Group Work/Teaching

November 30, 2023

Connecting Active Learning Activities and Assessments to Sustainability

Reading Time: 3 minutes Laura Matheson, an educator since 2008, joined Conestoga College in 2013 to develop and teach in the Sustainable Business Management post-graduate program. Passionate about education,...

Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Group Work/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

September 29, 2023

Group Discussion

Reading Time: 4 minutes Ideas for starting group discussion, keeping it going, and evaluating learning afterwards.

Group Work/Teaching

September 26, 2023

Help Students Learn About Conflict in Group Work

Reading Time: 4 minutes Idea and sample resource for building skills to have difficult conversations and address conflict in student group work.

Group Work/Teaching

March 14, 2023

When Students Are Absent from a Group Work Assignment

Reading Time: 5 minutes Ideas for steps to take when a group member has been absent from a group assignment.

Group Work/Teaching

October 25, 2022

Getting Students to Participate in Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 7 minutes “[B]reakout rooms do not always magically create engagement and higher levels of learning.” (Saltz & Heckman, 2020, para. 16) Breakout groups are used as a discussion...

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Group Work/Online Synchronous/Teaching

July 14, 2022

Pathway – Group Work as an Effective Learning and Assessment Experience

Reading Time: < 1 minute View this video introduction to the learning path to better understand some best practices for setting up group assignments, guiding groups, and marking group work....

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Group Work/Modes of Delivery/New Faculty/Teaching

May 25, 2022

Oral Presentation No-Shows

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Elan Paulson and Kathryn Brillinger This tip provides some information about how to plan for and manage absences during in-class individual and group oral...

Class Management/Group Work/Teaching

January 21, 2022

Jigsaw

Reading Time: 3 minutes A versatile group learning activity in which students become the “experts” and teach each other.

Active Learning and Engagement/Group Work/Teaching

November 24, 2021

Supporting Marked Group Writing Assignments

Reading Time: 6 minutes Prepared by the Teaching & Learning team, this tip provides advice to faculty supporting collaborative group writing assignments, including reports and papers, as well as...

Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Group Work/Improving Assessments/Teaching

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Category: Group Work

“So, what do you think?” Using Think-Pair-Share to Engage ALL Students

Help Students Learn About Conflict in Group Work

Supporting Marked Group Writing Assignments