Ways to Assess IndividualsDuring Group Work

Learning Targets

• Investigate strategies that promote individual accountability in group work.

• Discuss difficulties and advantages of group work.

• Make a plan to integrate one new practice into your instruction within the next few weeks.

Turn and talk using this sentence frame.

One of the issues I have with group work is _______________________.

(c) Frey & Fisher, 2008

TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY

Focus Lesson

Guided Instruction

“I do it”

“We do it”

“You do it together”

Collaborative

Independent “You do it alone”

A Structure for Instruction that Works

Gradual Release of Responsibility is Recursive

• Implementation is not a linear process – a possible path

“All for one and one for all.”

Productive group work includes:

Individual responsibility:

Did I do what I am supposed to?

Group responsibility:

Did we as a group do what we are supposed to?

Which one is it?Group Work

• Clarifying beliefs, values, or ideas

• Goal is sharing not solving

• No accountability or group accountability

Productive Group Work

• Consolidating understanding using argumentation

• Goal is resolving problems, reaching consensus, or identifying solutions

• Individual accountability

An authentic reason to interact.An authentic reason to interact.

Individual expectations and accountability for the interaction.

Turn and Talk:

A successful group strategy I have tried is ____________________________________________________________________.

Productive Group Work with Individual Accountability

• Conversation Roundtable• Collaborative Poster• Walking Review• Literature Circles• Reciprocal Teaching• Jigsaw• Self-Assessment

Conversation Roundtable

Let’s Watch a Lesson!

Make notes about what you observe on your Conversation Roundtable organizer.

1. What evidence is there that the group work was effective?

2. What evidence is there that students have individual accountability?

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Center Diamond

Describe how the collaborative poster creates individual accountability.

Walking Review/Walk Around SurveysVariation: Settlers and Explorers

Using a Bingo Board Pattern template to add questions about a recently studied topic.

Students ask questions to classmates, collect information, and check off questions they feel they can answer individually.

Bingo rows or the whole board can be checked off depending on time.

Teachers can address unanswered questions.

Let’s try it . . .

Reciprocal Teaching

• Student-directed groups

• Text is chunked in smaller parts

• Teacher or students can choose stopping points

Jigsaw

Home Group

Expert Group

Home Group

Turn and Talk:

What similarities do you notice between these three strategies?

• Literature Circles• Reciprocal Teaching• Jigsaw

Self-Assessment

• Focused on the Group and the Individual

Common Issues During Collaborative Learning

Common Issue What to Remember/Do

One student is doing all the work •Plan for productive work•Hold students accountable•Use different colored markers•Notebooks/practice sheets for different roles

Task does not match purpose, modeling, and guided instruction

•Analyze lesson plan•Check for alignment of lesson parts together

Not preparing students for subsequent independent practice

•Analyze lesson plan•Check for alignment of lesson parts together

Reference

Frey, N., Fisher, D., & Everlove, S. (2009). Productive group work: How to engage students, build teamwork, and promote understanding. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

What is your next step?

• Reflection and Follow-up