I've been thinking about group quizzes more. I really like doing group quizzes, because students feel more incentive to work together, especially if the classroom is set up so that this is the expectation. I did this activity that I stole from another blog.
1. 10 min individual 2. 10 min in partners 3. 10 min in groups of 4 4. 10 min in groups of 8. One person is chosen at random to represent the group's grade. (I shuffle the papers and see who lands on top.) I saw a lot of engagement for the most part, although one or two students were disconnected. I gave back their quizzes and reminded them that if they felt their score didn't represent them or the group, that meant someone was disconnected. I went back to the beginning of the year picture I keep showing them. Then, I reminded them of a hackey sack game we played in the first week called "No we all messed up." (Students tossed a hackey sack until one person dropped it. They had to say "I messed up." and we had to reply, "no we all messed up."). I said, "It's not this one person who messed up, everyone in the group messed up. We have collective responsibility." Calling back to this game was effective. A day later, I gave another group quiz and I heard comments like "You're being disconnected" from a few groups. Debriefing the first group quiz really helped set up the second one.
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