MTH141GroupGuide

Group Work Guidelines

For each assignment, pick a group member to be the Recorder. (This responsibility should rotate for each new assignment.)

All members should take on qualities of each of the other roles during any given meeting.

Recorder:

Writes responses after all have agreed.

Keeps track of meeting times (beginning & ending times) and attendance for each meeting!

Makes a note of what each member should do for the next meeting.

Facilitator:

Keeps meetings on track. Tries to encourage others to engage in constructive feedback. Tries to be aware of and identify sources of dysfunction in the group and bring it out into the open (constructively!)

Questioner:

Tests the validity of any answer by using "what if.." scenarios.

Questions other members on problems to be sure everyone understands each question & answer.

Responsibilities of each member:

Ask questions when you don’t understand!
Attend scheduled meetings. If you miss a meeting, call someone in your group immediately to re-schedule! Anyone missing 2 meetings must do the project on their own! (And that person will loose cooperative effort points! See me if this happens. )
Come prepared to meetings. Agree what everyone should do before the next meeting (be specific!) Agree what each member should bring to the next meeting.
Give help willingly (and patiently) when asked. If someone needs a lot of help, feel free to refer them to the instructor. (Or see me and refer me to them.)
If you have a problem with someone/some issue with the group attack the problem not the person!
Don’t change your mind unless logically convinced. Decisions should be made by consensus, not majority rule!

When turning in assignments :

Work should be neat and well labeled and problems in order.
Answers with no work shown will receive no credit. So SHOW YOUR WORK!
Questions should be answered in complete sentences, including units of measure where appropriate.
Along with problems assigned, groups should turn in a Group Log , Group Assessment, and Self Assessment.

You will be graded on evidence of the following:

Answers to problems :

Are answers well justified with valid reasoning and work shown?

Is the justification easy to follow, read?

Are answers appropriately labeled, units of measure included?

Effort to work cooperatively:

Did group members make an effort to contribute to the cooperative process? (or was most of the attention focused on just completing the assignment?)

Did the group reflect and communicate on what aspects of the group worked well and what could be improved upon?

What steps did the group take to handle challenges in the group dynamic?