This is the stage at which group members look to authority figures to provide structure.
What is Dependency?
100
Each student completes a self-information sheet; Teacher takes this information and makes a grid sheet with an interesting fact in each square; Students walk around and get class members to sign each square.
What is Bingo?
100
These are characterized by warm, friendly interactions among all members.
What are Cohesive, Supportive Groups?
200
Group members are concerned about belonging, being liked, and being as competent as others.
What is Inclusion or Orientation?
200
This type of activity helps you to "get to know" your fellow classmates and teachers.
What are Acquaintance Activities?
200
Increased student involvement in this activity is almost always associated with an intensified group feeling, higher motivation, and reduced vandalism.
What is organizing and decorating the room?
300
Members express concern about how the group is operating and who makes the decisions.
What is Dissatisfaction or Control?
300
Examples of these types of activities include class pet, photo album, and the five square game.
What are Cohesive, Supportive Group Activities?
300
By focusing more on these skills, schools could do a better job of preparing students for the workplace.
What is interpersonal and social skills?
400
Students being to listen more to one another and work more collaboratively.
What is Resolution or Norming?
400
These activities "increase the likelihood that all students in the classroom will be liked and accepted by their peers.
What are Activities for Enhancing Diverse Liking Patterns?
400
This is improved by "systematically monitoring and improving the quality of teacher-student and peer relationships."
What is School Climate?
500
Students need closure on the group experience.
What is Termination or Adjournment?
500
Students take home a piece of white butcher paper; Parents trace students body shape onto the paper; Students decorate it; Students bring in personal objects to display with it.
What is The Blue Ribbon Kid?
500
This person wrote that "the goal of schooling is to provide students with skills that will enable them to create a better living situation."