Collaborative Small Groups

Collaborative Small Groups

小组合作学习

Research suggests that interaction is vital to learning.

研究表明相互交流对学习至关重要

1.	Small groups can assist in this process.

在相互交流过程中学习小组可以起作用

2.	Small groups do not work automatically, they need to be

学习小组不会自然而然起作用，需要

- carefully structured

- facilitated.

认真组织

积极推动

3.	This is true even in physics –

在物理中也一样

“Traditional classroom methodologies have proved to be ineffective when following a methodology where students are passive and mere receptors of ideas”

传统课堂教学中学生被动学习，只是知识的接受体，这些教学方法都已经证明效果不佳.

Roles can help.

Small groups can often do problems that are harder than they could do on their own. There are benefits and challenges from group work.

PAUSE: are there any questions you have about groupwork?