Student Collaboration by Tim Wright

What are some frustrations/problems that you deal with regarding student collaboration? Write each one as it's own section.

wrightt7 — 2025-02-19 16:10:02 UTC

Sleeping students

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Constant Interrupting

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Students want to pick their own partners/refuse to work with some

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Kids refuse to talk to each other unless I sit by them

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On Task

burgoynem1 — 2025-02-19 19:01:25 UTC

Staying on topic/task

One student does the work, others copy

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The know it all

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In group projects, they all just stare at each other and don't work.

students not showing up

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MLs trying to stay together and only ever speaking Spanish

Effort mismatch

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Students are at different levels and can't find a middle

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I feel like my newcomers dont want to work with others, even when i pair them with others who speak their home language

2025-02-19 19:02:15 UTC

Off Task until the assignment lock date

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When it's past due, but it's their last chance.

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MLLs that don't work as thought they don't know what to do even though they have instructions in Spanish and have other help available.

No opt out

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Table Group

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Randomized seating charts

Randomized Grouping

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Give students breaks

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Remind about Academic Honesty

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Proximity

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Check in's

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Have multiple versions of an assignment

Fun questions before academic ones

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Goal Setting

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Giving a low stakes question to talk about

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Providing transitions

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Have checkpoints with each individual student

Letting students choose one partner to sit by at their table group

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Assignment & Task Chunking

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Asking open ended questions to one student “what are your thoughts so far,” then building on that to give them confidence/language for their thinking

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conversations

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Put with engaged students

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Working to build a better class culture, so students feel more comfortable in small groups

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Have students do different parts of the assignment/Student Roles

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Different Student Roles

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Reach student in a group has a different role in a group setting.

2025-02-19 19:10:36 UTC

Make them take a walk and get a drink to wake up

Insisting on students helping each other rather than me all the time.

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Pair struggling students with Productive ones

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Creating intentional group activities that build towards assignments students will do on their own

2025-02-19 19:13:43 UTC