Decision #11
Student's behaviors can be monitored using this method to tally the frequency with which students use assigned social skills.
A. behavior contract
B. exit ticket
C. formal observation sheet
C. What is a formal observation sheet?
*Only a few social skills (1-2) should be observed--the ones most relevant to the demands of task.
*Anecdotal notes of students' statements and problem-solving strategies are important for providing meaningful and exact feedback to students.
Monitoring and data collection during students' cooperative work enables a teacher to determine when this may be needed.
A. a hug
B. discipline/consequences
C. intervention
C. What is intervention?
*When problems occur, the teacher must decide when it is necessary to clarify instructions, review procedures, answer student questions, or teach or review social skills.
Fill in the blank:
Phase IV is the time when the teacher conducts a(n) _______ by giving student feedback on their academic performance, and guides students reflection on their academic and social performance.
A. Debrief
B. Whole-Group Processing
C. Evaluation/Assessment
C. What is Evaluation/Assessment?
*In phase IV, the teacher provides closure to the lesson by leading students to summarize what they have learned and how they might apply their knowledge to future learning or life situations.
The purpose of this essential step of cooperative learning groups is that it provides opportunity for teams to reflect, celebrate, and set goals for improvement.
A. group processing
B. grouping students
C. assigning roles and responsibilities
A. What is group processing?
*For group experiences to be productive and positive, problems must be discussed and solutions explored and agreed upon.
This small-group processing procedure is as follows:
Team members are given incomplete statements that they complete to describe their performance.
A. Incomplete Sentences
B. Fill in the Blank
C. Your Perspective
A. What is Incomplete Sentences?
The following people can monitor student performance during cooperative learning groups:
A. school psychologist and principal
B. teacher and students
C. IEP team members
B. Who are the teacher and students?
*The teacher is not the only one who can monitor group work; student monitoring promotes student reflection and increases the amount of data collected on each student and group.
Cooperative skills can be taught and learned, and often the best time to teach and learn skills is when they are needed.
This is the term for teaching skills in context and practicing them in context in critical so the transfer of skills can occur.
A. mastery
B. generalization
C. acquisition
B. What is generalization?
Sometimes generalization can be taught by a teacher intervening and constructing mechanistic structures to prompt or "teach" the use of a social skill.
[reference story on pg.46*]
This small-group processing procedure requires teams or individuals to set goals for future behavior.
A. Goal Setting
B. Dream Talk
C. Looking Ahead
A. What is Goal Setting?
This small-group processing procedure requires individuals to score and discuss a 5-10 item checklist of behaviors important to team functioning.
A. Group Rating
B. Checklist
C. Role Review
B. What is Checklist?
By placing a student in this role during cooperative learning groups is a powerful way to enhance self-awareness and self-modification of interpersonal small-group behavior.
Hint: They watch for equal participation of everyone in the group.
A. observer role
B. timekeeper
C. leader role
A. What is the observer role?
*Students must be trained on how to identify accurately the skills they are observing and report their observations in a nonjudgmental way.
This small-group processing procedure requires individuals and teammates to describe how well members performed their assigned roles.
A. Speak Your Truth
B. Debrief
C. Role Evaluation
C. What is Role Evaluation?
This small-group processing procedure requires each member to state what he or she did to help the team.
A. Debrief
B. Honesty Round
C. My Contributions or Accomplishments
C. What is My Contributions or Accomplishments?
This small-group processing procedure is as follows:
In a round-robin, each team member takes a turn complimenting the person on his or her right regarding a task or relationship behavior used in the group.
A. Tell a Friend
B. Turn to Your Neighbor
C. Circle of Trust
B. What is Turn to Your Neighbor?
This small-group processing procedure is as follows:
Team members are given a sheet of paper with a series of statements to which they react on a continuum.
A. Group Rating
B. Continua
C. Powwow
B. What is Continua?
This small-group processing procedure is as follows:
One member is selected, and each teammate tells the person how he or she helped the group that day.
A. Name a Friend
B. Two grows and a glow
C. Oral Strength Bombardment
C. What is Oral Strength Bombardment?