How can teachers keep all students involved in an inquiry classroom?
Cooperative work groups foster a sense of community and include all students. Students don’t “get lost in the crowd.” Small groups of two work well to begin. The groups are given a task. Each student is assigned a role. For example, one student might be the recorder. The other student might be the presenter to the class. As you develop the interpersonal skills of the students and the complexity of the project, you may want to expand the group size to three or four. A few examples of student roles may include: leader (student who keeps the group focused on the task); recorder (student who keeps a record of discussion or findings of the group); facilitator (student who helps resolve conflicts); graphic designer (student responsible for art or design of project); and presenter (student responsible for sharing groups findings with the class).
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