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Fatma AVCI, Turkey

fatma_epo — 2019-02-04 16:36:14 UTC

let my students create their own groups while collaborating and I don't put pressure on it

Annibale, Italy

annibalemorsillo — 2019-02-04 16:40:31 UTC

Usually I start to use the random approach and than I try to test all possible combinations of students and after I can try to create the homogeneous groups made by the varius students

Grazia, Italy

graziampl — 2019-02-04 17:07:39 UTC

Generally the groups that I organize in my classes are of a heterogeneous type. If in the classroom there are children with special educational needs, I make sure that in every group there is one and that he always has the compensatory tools to help himself in the activity. Sometimes I use random assortment tools because the guys find this fun but it depends on the time available.

Elisabetta, Italy

goshprof — 2019-02-04 17:22:02 UTC

Groups are mixed, taking care that they are well balanced and children with special needs are not in the same group

Michela, Italy

2019-02-04 17:37:11 UTC

I choose group members according to their personality, abilities and leadership attitude.

Jana, Slovenia

jana_potocnik85 — 2019-02-04 17:37:35 UTC

My pupils often work in groups. Most often in a pair or three. Usually groups do not have more than four members, othervise the group is to big. Sometimes they are sorted into groups by themselves, but most often I plan to sort them out.

Hakan TATLI Talas KAYSERİ

2019-02-04 18:05:41 UTC

Confidence in our students is very important. We must offer them opportunity and opportunity.

Okan

2019-02-04 18:15:01 UTC

Usually randomly, but of course their personal relations are of importance

Clara Vitorino, Portugal

clara_vitorino — 2019-02-04 18:24:32 UTC

It depends on the work that have to do. If it's a activity in class and not long groups are made randomly - specially if it is a gamification activity. But if it is a research work that requires students to meet outside school they choose their own group, sometimes with my opinion on the table.

Fernando Fdez, Spain

2019-02-04 18:28:58 UTC

Usually I let them make the groups but if they are not very responsible I try to create random groups OR I try creating a mix of skill groups. I mean I set best students with less working students.

Ankica,Zagreb,Croatia

ankicarebrovic — 2019-02-04 18:42:56 UTC

Groups are mixed, depending on task types and debits.

Lucía, Spain

lucia_marase — 2019-02-04 18:49:19 UTC

I usually let them make their own groups at the beginning so that they feel more comfortable.

Ksenija, Slovenia

ksenija_pecnik1 — 2019-02-04 19:09:22 UTC

I use the app Team Shake.

Mehtap Öz

mhtpz83 — 2019-02-04 20:01:40 UTC

In order to make them more motivated and relaxed,I usually let them make their own groups.

Nicolette, Malta

nixmill78 — 2019-02-04 20:37:18 UTC

I let them form the groups themselves, but sometimes there are exceptions especially when students feel left out. I do not encourage students to group themselves by gender and try to work with other students rather than their best friends.

Naide,Turkey

2019-02-04 20:57:36 UTC

I usually distiribute students randomly.I sometimes focus on unpopular students.

Rui, Portugal

ruca_ser — 2019-02-04 21:25:31 UTC

I think that one of the most essential goals for teachers is develop the skills in their students. Working together, can generally learn faster than students working alone. To ensure effective group learning for all students in the classroom, I divided my students into the same thumb size. I form students into groups during the first few days of school. My students can learn along with the classroom routines.

Carla, Portugal

carlasfs — 2019-02-04 22:09:18 UTC

It depends on the type of work to be done, but I usually use heterogeneous groups in terms of knowledge, attitude and leadership. Groups usually have no more than 4 elements

Sarah Mallia, Malta

sarahborg85 — 2019-02-04 22:22:30 UTC

I try to have a mixture of abilities in each group so that all students can learn from each other and help each other too. I try to pair up the shy kids with someone who they trust and feel comfortable with.

Anita,Croatia

akruzice — 2019-02-04 23:25:43 UTC

Mostly grouped the same, according to the seating position. They already know who will be the captain of the group, they are competing to be the best group.
Students who are weak in connection write or draw ...

Dan Sovan- Romania

sovan_dan — 2019-02-05 06:18:32 UTC

In general, student groups choose them to be heterogeneously made, so that students with advanced training can stimulate those with medium or weaker training. Everyone will find their role in the team and will be encouraged by the team members to contribute to the tasks.

zelia_nunes — 2019-02-05 07:11:28 UTC

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Mine, Turkey

maygulkaya — 2019-02-05 07:19:24 UTC

I prepared 5 different colour cards. Pupils draw a cards. For example who draw red cards, they are working together

Ella, Croatia

ella_rakovac — 2019-02-05 07:45:36 UTC

I usually divide them so that each group has a very good student which could help the rest of the group.

Luísa Lima, Portugal

2019-02-05 09:32:48 UTC

If they are new to the activity I let them form their own groups but then we'll move into randomly formed groups. Other times I form the groups according to the tasks each group will be assigned to because then I can use their skills better.

Nurcan Değerli, Turkey

ndegerli — 2019-02-05 09:52:17 UTC

It depends on the activity. Sometimes I choose randomly. Sometimes I group them according to their abilities on the activity. Sometimes they form their own groups.

Georgeta Caspruf

2019-02-05 10:15:09 UTC

Sometimes we need heterogeneous groups concerning leadership, knowledge and attitude. Sometimes we use the multiple intelligence theory and make groups of : readers, painters, constructors, writers, actors...etc.

Soraya, Portugal

sorayaroliveira — 2019-02-05 12:22:58 UTC

I usually put them to work in pairs or small groups of four.
Often they work in whole class system. Usually I make heterogeneous groups in order to use their individual skills.

Adina Marcu

adinamarcu9 — 2019-02-05 12:37:41 UTC

I always use a game:i give them a piece of paper where they will write:what is your favorite colours(chose from red,yellow,green,etc),what is your beloved flowers,favorite pet,favorite object to study,etc.They will stay in pair with the same preference.:)

Carla Paiva, Portugal

crlpaiva73 — 2019-02-05 12:41:54 UTC

As my classes are very small (12 students) I usually use more pair-work or groups of 3. Pair-work normally functions with the students seated at the same desk. In groups, at first I used to let them choose the members, because it is more pleasant to work with someone we like. However, these groups sometimes didn't work well because all good students stayed in a group and the others had more difficulty in working to get the final product and started talking too much about other issues.
Thus I usually try to select students according to their learning skills and also their social skills, so that they can learn with each other. Some good students are very shy and others can help them improving that part of their personality, while good students can help others developing their writing/ speaking skills in English.

Violeta Cumak, Lithuania

2019-02-05 13:05:21 UTC

I usualy create mixed groups: boys/girls, weak/strong students in each group, in case they would support each other and be able to manage with the task.

Leyla, Turkey

2019-02-05 13:09:36 UTC

Maybe it is better to announce the roles first and then let them make their groups.

Salva. SPAIN

cristinagomezmadrid — 2019-02-05 14:53:34 UTC

I usually divide the groups depending on the activity they have to work. They must be mixed, of boys and girls and each one must assume a role within the group.

Francisco, Portugal

2019-02-05 15:25:22 UTC

I use a software that I developed that, after ordering students according to quizzes results, has 5 options: Manual, Ordered, Opposite, Alternate and Random.

Mirela, Croatia

2019-02-05 15:44:42 UTC

I divide my students in group taking care that there is no strong group or math group or art group. They are all mixed base on their posibilities, motivation, knowledge, sociall skils etc.

Fatma, Turkey

fatmasarikayis — 2019-02-05 16:21:56 UTC

ı put them to work in pairs or small groups according to number of students. they are all mixed based on their success.

Mira, Croatia

mirar467 — 2019-02-05 16:23:06 UTC

Groups are not always in the same composition. In the group, I put students of different abilities, sex, anticipation and motivation to make the results homogeneous.

Barbara Matysek, Poland

BarbaraMatysek — 2019-02-05 16:42:35 UTC

I allow students to form the groups they would like to work with most of the time. Students work better when they are in a group of people they enjoy working with. However sometimes I have to make some small changes in order to avoid misbahaviour among my younger students :)

Sandra Oliveira, Portugal

sandrasoliveira — 2019-02-05 17:19:57 UTC

I usually form groups with 3 or 4 elements; I prefer heterogeneous groups .
I usually make them change groups throughout the school year so they learn how to work with diferent elements.
In the beginning of the year I give students the freedom to choose their own group, to make them confortable.

Elizabeth, Malta

2019-02-05 17:34:09 UTC

In the year 4 class I am with, the students are divided into groups of 5 to a group. Each week the roles of the children are changed, so everyone will have a chance of trying out different responsibilities. When we have quizzes, every member collaborates with each other to see that they all agree with the answer, and by turn taking each student will have a chance at answering the question. There are points given to each group for answers, clearing of desks etc. Then at the end of the month, who has the highest scores, will be given a treat. The groups are evenly assigned with mixed capabilities, so there is a balance.

Ana, Spain

arbenito — 2019-02-05 17:51:52 UTC

I sometimes let them organize groups as they want. Other times I divide students in groups with different skills. As I teach English, in pairs is another good way to interact with their peers.

Birgül Ç.-Turkey

birgulcelikler — 2019-02-05 18:03:55 UTC

I divided my students in groups in two ways depends on the structure of activity. If the activity is based on mathematical calculations, experiments, plotting the graph or problem solving, I make the groups as homogeneous like high, medium and low achievers. If the activity is based on discussion, argumentation, decision making or designing (actually in creative activities), I let my students choose their own groups. As my experience, this two types of grouping depending on the content of tasks really provides healthy and safe learning environment.

Sílvia Teixeira, Portugal

silviamg_teixeira83 — 2019-02-05 19:23:00 UTC

I usually divide my students in groups according to the activity aim. We usually organise pair work for specific research or other smaller tasks; small groups to work in several reading and writing tasks, gaming, role-playing, problem-solving, learning stations; and larger groups for mind mapping or the discussion about a specific subject.

Ana Rita Silva, Portugal

anaritamaia_silva — 2019-02-05 19:45:28 UTC

At the beginning of the school year students are invited to choose the elements they would like to work with. Further on, it is a challenge for students to build more heterogeneous groups. I usually form groups of 4 or 5 elements. Sometimes I use tools that help build groups like Wheel Decide and Team Up.

Nilüfer Güreşçi

nil35b — 2019-02-05 20:13:14 UTC

  I take care to bring students with different skills to a track.
Sometimes I think about the product that will be revealed and I bring together students with similar characteristics.

Adriana, Romania

adrianamaris201 — 2019-02-05 20:20:02 UTC

I let my students choose their groups. This way, they are more comfortable working with their friends.

Dana

danapunei — 2019-02-05 20:20:41 UTC

I usually ask students to divide themselves into groups of 3-4 according to the task they are going to work on.

Sadık çalışkan

sdk44drk1 — 2019-02-05 20:28:27 UTC

I take into consideration the student levels while separating students into groups. I always make sure that a student works with different groups in the same group.

CROATIA, Suzana

suzanaz0607 — 2019-02-05 20:46:20 UTC

Depends on the task. If they work on something more demanding, I try to divide them by their abilities. When the task is not so demanding, they can choose peers they would like to work with.

Marina, Zadar

marina_kulas — 2019-02-05 20:46:38 UTC

I let them make their own groups. They form the groups with their frends.

Conchi_Spain

2019-02-05 20:56:41 UTC

I tend to make groups from 2 to 4 students. In depends on the activity, and I like mixed groups with studens of different capacities and skills, because this fosters the collaborative learning.

Cândida Passos, ortugal

candidasampaiopassos — 2019-02-05 20:57:52 UTC

I usually divide students in groups. My students like working in group.And they do efforts to respect the rules.

Ivana B., Croatia

ivanabasic70 — 2019-02-05 21:01:31 UTC

I divide the students into groups according to the purpose of the activity. Most of the four groups. Sometimes I allow the students to be arranged by groups themselves.

Anna

2019-02-05 21:13:22 UTC

I allow the students to be arranged by groups themselves

Igor CROATIA

2019-02-05 21:17:48 UTC

4 is the magic nr. for me :)

Zekiye KAFALİ, Turkey

zekiyealan — 2019-02-05 21:39:17 UTC

I think dividing Ss into groups depends on the activities/tasks that they are assigned to. Generally, I like heterogenous groups (4-5 people in each group) best as high level Ss can help low level Ss or students have special educational needs. When I give them a chance to create their own groups, I feel upset for the ones who are left behind and undesired.

Jorge Conde, Portugal

jmsc — 2019-02-05 22:08:07 UTC

I teach the 5th year and the best groups are of 2 students. In the end of the year I start grouping them in three.

sonia bras

2019-02-05 22:35:30 UTC

It depends the kind of work. Sometimes I let them to decide (for example: in dance because it's important the relationship and likes to create); sometimes I divide according similar skills (for example, in the basketball play: the feedback will be the same and they will be more motivate because the level is the same); sometimes I divide different skills in the same group (for example: in tag rugby because de goods helps those who have more difficult).

Otília Jorge, Portugal

mariaotiliapj — 2019-02-05 22:58:17 UTC

The dimension of the group depends on the tasks. Sometimes they work in pairs , other times they work in groups of four. I try to avoid that some students feel undesired .

Daniela. Italy

2019-02-05 23:33:08 UTC

It depends on the activity and on the topic. I usually make groups of 4 or 5 students.

FilipaGFM, Portugal

filipagfm — 2019-02-06 02:46:21 UTC

The division of students depends on the number of students per class and also on the work they would be doing. I like to divide students into groups of 4 or 5 maximum. If there's going to be a debate, the class is divided into 2 groups (pros and cons) and 1 student moderating the exchange of opinions.
In my experience, students prefer working in smaller groups, with the colleagues they like best. But this shouldn't always be the case because it's important for them to have different partners during group work.

Maria Luisa, Genova, Italy

2019-02-06 07:39:54 UTC

I usually divide my students into groups of 4 or 5. No more if it does not become dispersive. In this case I join the desks two by two because of the not large size of our classrooms.
I like:FILIPA GFM; PORTUAL and DANIELA Italy.

Emma Giurlani Italy

findingasensense — 2019-02-06 09:20:29 UTC

I use to build groups of 4/6 members depending on the activity.If we work in transnational groups for our eTwinning projects we use to ask students to answer some questions related to the topics or to the tools that we are going to use or even to their personal interests in a specific topic. We ask them to answer on a padlet and then we control their answer and build the groups basing on their personal attitude or interests. We change groups and members .We change groups and members relatively often depending on the activities. If I work only with my students I try to have each of them to possibly collaborate with all the others. As I said before I sometimes use wheel decide to create the firs groups and after that we mixed them later. I think the methods we use both for our eTwinning projects and in the class usually work well.sometimes it is necessary to help the shy pupils to become familiar with those who do not yet know well, but generally after a while they acquire more self-confidence and appreciate this way of working together and sharing creative experiences. If there are some more demanding tasks I try to foster a balance between stronger and weaker ones . This way we try to realize a concrete peer education

Zvonko, Serbia

gzvonko62 — 2019-02-06 10:36:51 UTC

It depends on the activity, but I usually divide them into groups of 4 students.

Violeta

2019-02-06 14:07:12 UTC

It depends: sometimes I choose group members according with my criteria, sometimes according with their criteria and sometimes I use the random criteria.

İSHAK KURT

kurtishak16 — 2019-02-06 14:07:32 UTC

Sometimes I create groups of years, sometimes numbers and sometimes numerically.

Renata, Zadar

ruic_renata — 2019-02-06 14:31:34 UTC

Sometimes I give students to randomly choose paper of a certain color - which color they choose in this group they are classified, sometimes by the months of they birthday. Group member size depends of number of student in classroom. These days I make five groups of 4 members.

Anunciação, Portugal

2019-02-06 14:47:52 UTC

Usually, the working groups have 4 students, depending on the total number of students in the class. Students can get up during class and ask questions or exchange ideas with other members of other groups. At the beginning of the school year the students choose the groups, to feel more comfortable in the exchange of ideas but as they get to know each other better as a group, there is a reorganization of the working groups. The idea is to promote a generalized exchange of ideas in a calm environment and to strengthen the human relations within the class.

Ana, Portugal

ana_montenegro5 — 2019-02-06 14:50:26 UTC

I try to vary the groups formation, so that each child could have the opportunity to work with everyone. Sometimes we make group work and sometimes pairs work and, in the end, we share conclusions in the big group.

Hacer, TURKEYGroup formation depends on the type of the activity. I sometimes let my student make their own groups and sometimes I divide them according to their competence level.

2019-02-06 14:57:16 UTC

Carlos, Portugal

prof_carlospegacha — 2019-02-06 15:04:53 UTC

The groups vary in order to the collaborative learning activities. The most common group is peers learning; the small groups had 3 or 5 elements, are heterogeneous in some aspects and often integrate male and female students.
Sometimes I choose the first student of each group, them he choose the next one for his group. Other times I use fun ways to create random groups or use simple software like "random students generator" (they don´t like it very much!...)

Sílvia, Portugal

simavidu — 2019-02-06 15:16:42 UTC

I appreciate when students work in small groups (3 to 4 elements), however, that does not mean that I always have them that way. I consider that the number of elements of the group must be determined by the task to be performed.

Cristina Dias, Portugal

crisprof7 — 2019-02-06 16:07:36 UTC

The division of students in groups depend always on the type of work to do, but I usually don't like big groups; preferably they will have 2 or 3 elements, 4 at the most. When I want them to do investigation or research I try to mix students with different learning rythms, in order to make all of them cultivate their resiliance and to be more proactive and collaborative.

Alessandra Amideo,Italy

2019-02-06 16:43:18 UTC

I usually divide students into groups. In my experience works the comparison with the students and the respect of the specific identity of each student. The decision of group formation I want to share it with the students and listen to their motivations before assessing what to do.

Farah

2019-02-06 16:59:16 UTC

When I divide students in groups of 4, I try to group students with different skills and abilities together.

Ana Teixeira, Portugal

annapaulart — 2019-02-06 17:26:51 UTC

I usually suggest the formation of groups of 3 to 4 students. Students are allowed to choose their groups, but I establish some important group rules and I exchange members in the next group work. Students should get along as a class, so they should all interact.

Patrizia Italy

patrizia_lucchelli — 2019-02-06 17:30:37 UTC

The groups I create are not homogeneous but made up of pupils with different abilities, skills, interests.
Pupils with special educational needs are placed in different groups with compensatory and dispensative tools.

Maria Natália Couto, Covilhã, Portugal

niacouto — 2019-02-06 17:52:33 UTC

When I don't know the students very well, I let them join in groups (not too big - 3-4 students), as I start knowing them better, I prefer changing the group formation methodology and explain the students that in real life we have to be able to work with all sort of people showing them how important it is to be able to deal with differences. So, sometimes I let students choose their peers, other times I set the groups forming groups with students with different intelligences and learning styles; some other time I prefer to randomly group students by giving each student a number (1-4) and then grouping according to the number they have. It usually works and students understand what is behind these choices.

Ana Teresa Gonçalves, Por

ateresag — 2019-02-06 17:57:20 UTC

It depends on the type of work and class. Sometimes I let them choose the groups, others I choose according to the characteristics of the students.

Göksel Ogalan, Manisa-Turkey

gogalan — 2019-02-06 18:04:03 UTC

The best way to form a group is to divide them into 4 . This gives the chance to divide every single group into 2-2. So the non-formal and informal learning process begins initially within the same group. They learn from each other and then get in touch with neighbour groups, share their opinions or products.

Habibe, Turkey

2019-02-06 18:45:29 UTC

I prefer to have heterogenious groups of 4 or 5 students. In this way the weaker learners feel more comfortable and the stronger ones can support them during the learning process.

Ester degennaro,Italy

esterdegennaro — 2019-02-06 18:52:34 UTC

I prefer heterogenious groups of three or four students with different skills. Sometimes they can choose freely or casually

Luísa Pires, Portugal

luisap36 — 2019-02-06 19:07:37 UTC

In my experience groups work better with a maximum of 5 students. But I am not yet sure if it is better and more effective to organize them by level or to mix stronger students and weker students. I guess it depends on the class dynamic.

Eduardo López. Spain.

2019-02-06 19:11:01 UTC

Taking into account my small number of students I choose pair groups most of the time, sometimes I can divide the class in two or three big groups, my only rule is they all have to talk the same time in spite I choose one group speaker.
When a group is in trouble I join them for a few minutes.

Luísa Lopes, Portugal

2019-02-06 19:22:40 UTC

Sometimes my students are free to organize their groups. When this happens, I usually supervise the groups to make sure that there are strong and weak students within the groups. Then I ask the groups to choose a moderator/spokesperson.

Sanja, Croatia

2019-02-06 19:31:52 UTC

It depends of the type of the activity how I divide students in groups. Sometimes I let them to choose, sometimes I divide them im group of 4/5 students with different competences.

Hara, Cyprus

kyriakidouc1 — 2019-02-06 19:50:21 UTC

I usually divide them into groups of four, with mixed abilities. In this way it is easier to assign a role to each member of the group.

anaanic — 2019-02-06 21:31:06 UTC

I usually divide them into groups of four or five and make sure they are mixed abilities. Sometimes they choose their partners but I make sure they are responsible in their decisions and actually do the work.

Miguel Correia, Portugal

mi1kas — 2019-02-06 21:57:01 UTC

Depends on the purpose of the task. I usually divide them into groups of 2/3. For content introduction tasks, I make mixed groups, for other tasks i make pairs by the level .

Jasna, Croatia

2019-02-06 23:41:28 UTC

I usually divide them into small groups of 4 students but I make sure that their abilities are mixed.

Maria Helena Portugal

esmcre — 2019-02-06 23:45:06 UTC

Depending on the activity and goals I have I :
1. let the students choose their groups
2. organize them according to their language level or
3. Join stronger and weaker students

The number of members in each group is decided according to the total number of students in class and the task at hand. It might go from 2 to 5 elements in each group.

Ana Correia, Guarda, Portugal

anacorreia1 — 2019-02-06 23:49:00 UTC

It depends on the learning context and on the aims of the project. Most time I let them choose their colleagues to make them feel safe and build from their enthusiasm. When the aim of the activity doesn’t fit this type of solution I either define groups by abilities or mixed abilities. I encourage them never to use the same group structure: it helps them develop different type of social skills and roles according to the colleagues they are working with. We group range goes from pair work up to 5 students (at the most).

Sandra Gomes, Portugal

sandragomes — 2019-02-07 00:24:45 UTC

How I divide students in groups depends a lot on them. In some cases, I let them choose the group elements and things run smoothly. Other times, when I know that some students don't work well together, I choose the groups myself or I do it randomly.
Independently of the way groups are formed, I try to change groups whenever I start a new group work. This way, all students can get to know each other and they can also learn how to deal with different personalities - like they will have to do in their future job, for example.

Olivera, Montenegro

OliveraOlja — 2019-02-07 00:29:57 UTC

Sometimes I let them choose myself, but then I try to make at least two members of the group better students, task carriers; and sometimes I use a count of 1,2,3,4,5; so all units for table number 1, .....

Cecília, Portugal

cecijart — 2019-02-07 02:41:51 UTC

I usually divide the students into a group of 4/5 students.
At the beginning of the year I let the students choose the groups because it is easier. But then I have to reorganize the groups because they play more and are less productive.
Throughout the year, I divide by skills and behaviors, blending outstanding students and those who need help to work together. This formation of groups is the most advantageous leveraging the learning of both.

Rachel

rachelawhis_ra — 2019-02-07 05:00:46 UTC

I usually divide students by pairing a "strong" and "weak" student. These terms do not necessarily refer to the strength of the students but to the amount of knowledge the student has in reference to to the topic being treated.

Lalitha India,

lilyraj — 2019-02-07 05:43:55 UTC

The students' comfort group as well as a student who can steer the group further is mixed .
Hence there is a heterogeneous composition of students in each group.
After completing a topic students usually love to publish a newsletter on the same. Hence most of them look for a peer who is good at cartoon and caricatures in their group.

Cláudia de Sousa, PORTUGAL, EAST TIMOR

2019-02-07 06:16:55 UTC

Depending on the activity/task, I let them choose who they want to work with and this contributes to their responsibility. However even in these cases, when they build their group, I previously discuss with them the importance of the heterogeneity of the group. In other words, they become aware of the necessity of including weaker, slower and quieter students in every group. Helping each other and developing team spirit is also discussed with them. Students need to know the rules, the resources, what is expected from the group and everything that involves the process of learning. Some students prefer to work in the classroom, others go outside or even to the library, according to their preferences and needs.

Nițescu Emilia-Elisabeta, Romania

tomaemilia — 2019-02-07 06:50:26 UTC

Sometimes I offer students the opportunity to choose their own teammates, sometimes on a particular topic, which is your favorite color, then at the end I ask them to form groups of the same colors, sometimes to share them according to the tickets they draw.

Derya Ümüş CEM

2019-02-07 08:06:48 UTC

In group works, I bring together students who are less active with more active students. Thus, I think that interaction and cooperation among students will be stronger.

Serpil, Turkey

2019-02-07 08:19:33 UTC

I divide students into groups according to their learning styles.

Lucia Italy

2019-02-07 08:46:27 UTC

Giorgia, Romania

giorgiagroza — 2019-02-07 09:29:09 UTC

Usually, I divide students in equal groups, taking care of the distribution of students. This includes social skills, critical thinking, abilities in order to have balanced groups.

Mihaela Marcu, RomaniaHow do students share groups?I use several methods to organize students into groups- randomly (each student in the order in which he stays in the bank receives a number from 1 to 6 and then groups the number 1 students, the number 2 ...) - when I want to know better or to communicating with colleagues they usually do not communicate with- after interest, when he wants to attract them for a compex project- by temperament, when I want to encourage the most reluctant to engage in activity, I group with pupils as well retired to overcome their retorts- let them choose their own team according to the theme I propose

mrc_mihaela — 2019-02-07 10:20:48 UTC

Karolina, Cro

2019-02-07 10:28:08 UTC

Sometimes I join them in random groups using various fun activities, and sometimes I plan on the basis of their abilities, interests, learning ways

José Machado, Braga, PT

2019-02-07 10:59:32 UTC

The first strategy I use to create collaborative groups is to ask them to associate themselves in number of five by personal affinities or common interests; in a second phase I try to stimulate the change of those who are more active, asking them to change groups and obtaining their consensus; the diversity of human resources is what works best. There is always one or the other that is never well; in these cases I talk to them and try to gain their confidence to integrate and collaborate.

Patrícia Campos, Portugal

patricia_campos1 — 2019-02-07 11:55:19 UTC

The way I organize them depends on the tasks I want them to develop and the objectives of the group work.
Here are some of the options I use:
- let them choose their partners
- establish rules in the formation of groups, for example, the elements of the group have to be different from the last group formed (when they have the tendency to group always the same way and don´t interact with others)
- peer up pupils according to their skills, knowledge or efficiency to work.

Sara, Portugal

2019-02-07 12:29:02 UTC

Students are divided into heterogeneous groups, with a maximum of four elements per group.

Fernando Mota, Portugal

2019-02-07 13:04:59 UTC

Normally I let them divide into groups according to their preferences and friendships, taking into account certain criteria, such as number of elements per group and no one is excluded. If you do not obey these rules, I usually draw lots.

Lídia, Portugal

lidiamsantossousa — 2019-02-07 13:13:23 UTC

I have already listed some criteria for classroom group building within the context of the previous actity. I did it because I find it hard to dissociate group building criteria from an overall discussion on how to make students comfortable when developing collaborative work in the classroom.
These were the items I listed before as timely relevant criteria:
-students' personalities
- students' degree of familiarity with each other;
- students' experience, academic knowledge and skills;
- students' cultural, racial, gender, diversity
-...
After skimming some of my course partners reflections, I would list students' preferences and interests as subtopics of students' personalities
More rarely, with younger students, I have used criteria with a more entertaining tone, like affinity by colours (taken from inside a bag), speed of a short activity successful resolution, among others.

Criteria adaptation to match each class strikes me as being extremely important.

lidiamsantossousa — 2019-02-07 13:21:52 UTC

- Students' preferences and common interests

Florentina, Romania

paduraruflorentina — 2019-02-07 15:15:07 UTC

I divide them according to some colored post-its they get or according to a number they say or just randomly.

Andrea, Portugal

2019-02-07 15:38:16 UTC

I divide the students in small groups (2 to 4 students) according the activity that is asked. I usually let them choose but if I see that the group is to good, or talkative, or to weak I show them that is not correct so it is necessary to redo the groups and make them more balanced.

Kata, Split-Croatia

2019-02-07 15:52:56 UTC

In each group there is a leader of the group, his assistant and regular members. Everyone has to do one part of the task.

Sibel Akyılmaz Ateş,Turkey

sibelakyilmazates — 2019-02-07 16:01:49 UTC

I usually let students choose their teammates. Sometimes I'm asking their favorite animal or asking their favorite game, I'm doing a group of same answerers.

Edita, Croatia

EditaRizvan — 2019-02-07 16:11:44 UTC

I share students in smaller groups. Each group has its own task. Within the group, they choose the leader. Sometimes it is a random choice, and sometimes I form a group according to the students' abilities.

Erkan ERDEN, Simav/TURKEY

benerkanerden — 2019-02-07 16:33:27 UTC

20 kişilik bir sınıfta 4 veya 5 kişilik gruplar oluşturuyorum. İnsanları çok çalışkan ve düşünceli bir araya getirmiyorum. Gruplar dengelidir. İstekleri ve isteklileri düşünüyorum. Çünkü birbirlerini seven arkadaş grupları için çok daha iyi ürünler var. Ama tam tersi. Birbirini çok seven öğrenciler, konudan uzaklaşmak için birbirlerini etkiler. Her zaman her gruba pasif bir öğrenci koyarım. Bu yüzden bazen sessiz öğrenciyi en konuşkan gruba koyar ve grup için çalışmasını isterim. Hatta bir grup sözcüsü olmayı bile öneriyorum. Böylece kendine güven gelişir.

Mariangela, Italy

mariangela_biel — 2019-02-07 16:42:31 UTC

I try to make them choose who to work with on condition that the group is created to work in the best way – if necessary I suggest some changes. In some classes we already have a team setting

Feyza ,Ankara Turkey

2019-02-07 16:44:45 UTC

I set the group based on the basic score and letter method. My groups are nonhomogeneous in the group but homogeneous distribution out of the group.

Paulo Almeida, Portugal & Belgium

pauloalmeida19691 — 2019-02-07 17:05:15 UTC

I usually distribute students for dyads. These are made up of students of different genres and with a development of complementary competences. Thus, a student who can play a more competent role in one task may, in another of a different nature, need the help of his or her peer. Thus, the objective is not always to have the same element of "more competent" and the other as "less competent", and may alternate these roles. When in larger groups, I try to group two dyads together.

Brankica, Croatia

2019-02-07 17:08:44 UTC

I always put them in different groups, and I pay attention to diversity of their knowledge. Each member of the group gets a specific task, and they appoint a spokesperson among themselves, but I walk around to check if everyone is doing their job.

Camino, Spain

2019-02-07 17:39:10 UTC

Think-pair-sharing
This strategy has three steps. First, students think individually about a particular question or scenario. Then they pair up to discuss and compare their ideas. Finally, they are given the chance to share their ideas in a large class discussion.

Think-pair-sharing forces all students to attempt an initial response to the question, which they can then clarify and expand as they collaborate. It also gives them a chance to validate their ideas in a small group before mentioning them to the large group, which may help shy students feel more confident participating.
What works best in my experience, is to make them feel ready to engage in the conversation and feel more confident participating.

Amelia De Chiara, Italy

amelia_dechiara — 2019-02-07 18:12:47 UTC

The first times, I divide the class in pairs formed by students who seat next to each other, so to let them know each other better; or I let the students choose their teammates according to their preferences. When the mood in the classroom is good, I start divide groups in a heterogeneous way, according to the goals of the activity.

Muhammet SEVİM,Turkey

mseviming — 2019-02-07 18:12:49 UTC

I have 20 students in a class and I often let them to choose their group members.Each group consists of four students.Then, I give them some subjects to study and plays to act.

Elsa M - Portugal

elsaurbanomartins20 — 2019-02-07 18:39:38 UTC

I have 20 students per class so I usually divide the students in groups of 4 but it depends on the tasks. There is no team/group leader. They all have to participate/answer.
Sometimes I say numbers from 1to 5 randomly and they have to match up with the same numbers. Sometimes I just close my eyes and point to their pictures on the register book and make groups. And sometimes the groups are formed by the students who are seated closer.

Döndü Turkey

2019-02-07 18:52:26 UTC

I make a homogeneous separation of student groups with the same level of learning

Dana Floareș, România

floaresdana — 2019-02-07 19:08:41 UTC

Being a French teacher, I choose balanced teams from the perspective of the linguistic competences of the student members. Students in the last high school classes choose the team on their own, but they have to consider this criterion, essential for the performance of each group. From project to project, I suggest students to change team. They understand it's a good opportunity to know each other and collaborate. They love it.

esraduyguerkol1 — 2019-02-07 19:25:32 UTC

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Esra Duygu ERKOL BÜYÜKDİNÇ,Turkey

esraduyguerkol1 — 2019-02-07 19:28:13 UTC

The classifications of students according to their skills are widely practiced in schools. Classes are often classified as fast learners, average learners and slow learners, although they are never called in this way. This grouping begins at a very early perio

The practice of grouping students, also known as grouping, is more successful

Alexandra, Germany

weber13 — 2019-02-07 20:20:31 UTC

It`s different because offen students want to work with their friends in class. So I decided to give different cards (with animals) the students pull cards from a desk and look for their partner(s). Sometimes I make a Tandem between better learners and students who need more help.

Silvia

silvia_lopmar_2 — 2019-02-07 20:56:10 UTC

Andrea, Portugal

hipozzbastos — 2019-02-07 21:19:17 UTC

I usually like to make groups that have homogeneous performance. But i use in different time different criteria, such as: a let them choose their work group.

Ana Paula Fonseca, Portugal

2019-02-07 22:05:05 UTC

The way I divide my classes into groups depends on several factors. Classes are big so I usually form groups of 4 elements.

If students are younger I am the one who chooses the groups based on the students’ knowledges, so that I can create heterogeneous groups, or is students are older and feel comfortable working with someone they usually group themselves.

Rebeca, Spain

rebecapeso — 2019-02-07 22:05:32 UTC

I divide my class in groups of 5 sitting the most hardworking children with the students who need an special attention.

Özlem,Turkey

tyln3506 — 2019-02-07 22:17:29 UTC

For me, heterogeneous groups are more effective in achieving the goal. So I configure group members and their responsibilities. However, I create an opportunity to observe their work within the groups of their choice in a simpler study. In future work, this gives me great convenience in terms of group building.

Carla M., Portugal

carlamarinho — 2019-02-08 01:33:36 UTC

Students typically work in teams of four. This way, they can break into pairs for some activities, and then get back together in teams very quickly for others. But sometimes they work in teams of three, because it’s easier to share the computer in the Technology room. I usually let them choose their team mates, but sometimes I have to divide the students, because they tend to choose the same team mates.

Cristina Voicu/Romania

voicuelena18 — 2019-02-08 09:22:22 UTC

I don't have one way to create group - sometimes I let them to form the groups, next time I create the groups - objectively based on the number cards. In general, the groups are form with 4-5 students, depending on the task, class...
Students also work in pairs.

Cristina, Romania

cristina08ichim — 2019-02-08 10:10:40 UTC

Because I want pupils to collaborate successfully and there are connections between all the students in the class, I have several ways to create the working groups: 1. Extract the group number, 2. Choose a group representative who then creates their own group by choosing colleagues alone, 3. letting them group (here is harder because they are pupils I have to bring to some groups)

Yıldız Kara

star_kara — 2019-02-08 10:44:21 UTC

I try to bring together the better student with weak students who need inspiration from their perrs.

António, Portugal

antonio_branco — 2019-02-08 10:53:07 UTC

In youg age classes I tend to have the need to help them create the groups, nevertheless, and in a first aproach, I tend to let them do it without interference.
As classes are quite big groups need to be of 4/5 kids (6/7 groups per class)...
Opposite to some oppinions here I tend to prefer heterogenous groups. I think diversity wothin a group is an interesting kind of "growth yeast".

Leticia Gil, Spain

leticiaalfonsovi — 2019-02-08 11:58:02 UTC

In my work, what works best is working in small groups. In Early Childhood Education we work in small spaces delimited in the classroom with collaborative groups of approximately four children. These groups change over time allowing everyone to relate to everyone

Halil SÜNBÜL/Turkey/Osmaniye

2019-02-08 12:04:25 UTC

I work with students from every ability in each group, so that all students can learn from each other and help each other. I try to match the timid students to someone they trust and feel comfortable with.

I try to divede sudents in heterogenous groups

cornelia_bascau — 2019-02-08 13:19:47 UTC

Maria Cristina Rocha, Portugal

mcrisroch1 — 2019-02-08 13:51:33 UTC

Usually groups at my class are stable: 2 students from 5th grade and 2 from 6th. Some have 3 from 6th and 1 from 5th. Nevertheless, I allow, depending on the task, that students work together by level. I don't know if I am right when I think that children must learn how to work out their different opinions with colleagues, in the same group, in order to learn acceptation, sharing, listening and interpretating other partners's opinions. I think they must be prepared to work in society, get ready to workout issues in any job they will attend to. So I don't make groups regarding to their friendship liaisons inside the class only and above all.
What works best in my experience:

Usually it works best the work in group with high skills and low skills learners, 2+2. The exchange of knowlege allows everyone to get conscious of what they know and what to do to learn better.

Ana Pereira, Portugal

2019-02-08 14:37:26 UTC

We can make groups based on the student's style of learning or based on their interests if groups work in different subjects. I think students benefit when they work with someone who has different skills or different skills's level.

Cristina Santos

mcris_espl — 2019-02-08 15:03:38 UTC

The groups depend of the class and the aims of the tasks. Sometimes I let the students make the groups as they want, sometimes in a random way or I can put together the weak students with the hard workers.

Alex_PT

teacheralex_dua — 2019-02-08 15:53:19 UTC

All my classes integrate sts with special needs and they are often a bit neglected when it comes to group work. Depending on the sts’s interests and preferences, class, age group and task, I’ve already built the groups myself to ensure this inclusiveness and heterogeneity, but I’ve also used https://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/ to build groups randomly and sts absolutely loved it. Above all, I believe that, as teachers, we have to make sure that all sts have the opportunity to equally have their say, being respected and engage in a friendly teaching / learning environment.

Serenella Silenzi Macerata Italy

2019-02-08 17:00:01 UTC

I prefer dividing them into small heterogeneous groups (3 or 4 members each) with different skills and talents. Usually there is a group leader who is a great achiever and can also play the role of tutor in case of pupils with special needs. The other students can decide their roles according to their own preferences and learning styles.

Laura from Italy

lauranasci — 2019-02-08 17:49:01 UTC

I like heterogeneous groups. I prefer 3 or 4 members. According to Serenella Silenzi I pay attention to students with special needs: I try to put them in different groups.

João Nunes, Portugal

2019-02-08 18:28:54 UTC

I usually try to build balanced groups, including good students and not so good, so that they can interact and help each other. Each group includes 3 or 4 students. Depending on the work I want them to do, I may also group them according to their preferences.

Isabel Carioca

2019-02-08 18:30:46 UTC

Portugal

Sometimes I divide students in groups in an aleatory way (same letter, same colour…), or they choose their group or I choose the students attending to their different abilities.

Karela Georgia

2019-02-08 18:38:27 UTC

I make small groups putting together weak and strong students.

Yasemen F.

ysmn_irvn — 2019-02-08 18:49:56 UTC

I make small groups and i try to create heterogeneous groups.

A whole theory can be emitted about this subject, the division takes place according to the tasks, the didactic material. Finnaly: it adapts

2019-02-08 19:02:21 UTC

Ali CEM,

2019-02-08 19:22:42 UTC

I usually divide my students in groups according to their skills . The groups must be heterogeneous.

Nils / Germany

2019-02-08 19:32:46 UTC

I can devide them depending on their skills or they can secide with whom they work together best or the groups are formed by coincidence. The way of group forming I use depends on the class and the subject.

Helena - Portugal

2019-02-08 20:06:41 UTC

Sometimes I let them choose who they want to work with. Other times, I make small heterogeneous groups of three ou four students.Other times I pick them randomly.I think when they choose their colleagues, the work flows better. Sometimes when I choose randomly, I have nice surprises, students work well together, they learn and show respect for each other's opinions - collaborative work!

Maija

2019-02-08 20:34:00 UTC

I often let students choose their teammates. Sometimes I asking to do some activities or play game to devide students in groups.

Mara Machado_Portugal

maracamachado — 2019-02-08 20:36:48 UTC

Do not have a "formula" that always applies. It depends on the type of work, the type of students / class, the purpose of the work. But I can talk about the daily collaborative work of my 11th grade class, who are my students two years ago. They are always divided into small groups, it is the students who choose with whom they want to work depending on the doubts they have, the state of development of the work. Many times when they are entering the room they are talking about what they have / want to do. What works best for me, for most of my classes, is this model, not to mention that at the outset they train themselves that they are largely responsible for the work they do, and for the most part it is a motivation.

Madalena Figueiredo, Portugal

mmafg — 2019-02-08 21:02:49 UTC

Usually, I let the students choose their colleagues, because they already know each others. Sometimes I suggest the members of the work group, by interests or facility of communication among students.

Birsen, Turkey

birsenyasrin — 2019-02-08 21:21:19 UTC

This changes from topic to topic or situation to situation. Sometimes I choose the group members randomly, Sometimes I let them create their groups or sometimes I create the groups mixing strong and weak ones

Raquel Martins, Portugal

raqueltaipas — 2019-02-08 22:18:36 UTC

I usually let students freely choose their work group. At the moment I am working with interest groups, that is, I first wrote down all the interests of the students individually, then divided them into account for similar interests. I think they work well in both ways.

Dulcinea Almeida

dulcinea_almeida — 2019-02-08 22:18:57 UTC

I divide groups of students with high-skilled and low-skilled learners, because I think they help each other better if they have different competencies, they can perform different rules in the scenario of learning. All together they contribute to meaningful knowledge solving problems; listening all ideas, discussion about theme, creating consensus.

Antonija, Croatia

tonka312 — 2019-02-08 22:26:31 UTC

It is a very difficult part when doing a group work. It depends on the task, but I usually put together high-skilled and low-skilled students do they can help each other.

José Teixeira, PT

2019-02-08 22:31:44 UTC

I try to use different strategies, depending on the tasks. Sometimes, I let them choose their colleagues. Other times, I make small heterogeneous groups of three ou four students according to their skills. Other times, I use Flippty Random Namepicker to pick them randomly. (https://flippity.net/). They usually prefer to choose their colleagues and they work very well in this way, but they are also conscious that they should work with other students, so they accept when I make the groups myself or randomly and there are very good surprises.

Oğuz YAVUZ,TURKEY

2019-02-08 23:46:35 UTC

I don't use a standard and stereotype model of dividing. Sometimes I divide them homogeneously, sometimes I divide them based on the topic of activity. Sometimes I let them choose their own partners.

Magdalena Brzezinska, Poland

2019-02-09 00:56:32 UTC

I hardly ever divide my secondary students into groups. We are a Montessori school, and they choose their group mates themselves. As for my university students, they always sit with the peers they like, and I'm lucky, because at their levels are usually very different, so I group the ones who sit the closest - and it works. They like one another and can also help one another.

Maria Zélia Nunes - Portugal

zelia_nunes — 2019-02-09 06:08:43 UTC

I often divide the groups in a heterogeneous way (2/3 theoretical work; 2/4/6 practical work). That is, in the same group I try to put elements with different abilities and learning paces, those who best master the contents with those who dominate them less. Sometimes, given the objective, the groups are formed with a different purpose.

Eugénia Abreu - Portugal

2019-02-09 06:30:10 UTC

In the classroom, I work mostly with small groups and let the students choose who they want to work with. At work logo I check the development and progress of the same, at the same time I check for conflicts between them. In this case I become a mediator to resolve these situations.

Ignacio, Spain

imonclus — 2019-02-09 07:20:20 UTC

No more than five and they are heterogeneous

Nilüfer Parsak Adana Turkey I can only do pair work because our classes are not flexible.

parsaknilufer — 2019-02-09 08:03:51 UTC

Harun CEYLAN/TURKEY

2019-02-09 08:06:43 UTC

Of course, the opposite of ideas, but the product at the end of the product is satisfied with the group of people coming together.

Mª Emília Baptista Portugal

2019-02-09 09:47:25 UTC

Groups shouldn´t have more than five students. Depending of the students´age I use several ways: the way they want; having some criterias chosen by me or by them, like the ones that want to learn the same subtopic; by the way they are sitted (turning round the chair); ramdomly, counting, the students from one to five or to four (all the numbers ones, all the twos…)

Eduarda Sousa, portugal

edsfsousa — 2019-02-09 11:19:16 UTC

I usually let my students choose who they want to work with and then do some adjustments, if necessary, so that the groups are not too homogeneous in terms of knowledge as well as gender. We negotiate it.

Margarida - Portugal

margaridabzzz — 2019-02-09 11:22:00 UTC

I consider it important that the groups be formed taking into account some level of affinity between the members of the group. In my opinion groups should not be formed just because the students are friends, but when forming groups has taken into account the existence of some enmity among the students.
In my experience and thinking about math discipline, the work groups that are organized in the classes where they work by group are essentially formed based on the ease with which the students perceive the contents or not, as well as the speed with which they carry out the activities.

Esada Čitić-Delić, Bosnia and Herzegovina

esada_ciric — 2019-02-09 11:38:14 UTC

Reflect and share: How do you usually divide students in groups? What works best in your experience?

Depending on the topic I use different methods, sometimes Color code personality or joint interest or level of the skills. Other times I let them form their teams.

Sandra V.

knjiznica_tsck — 2019-02-09 11:41:05 UTC

Usually I divide student in groups randomly, by drawing paper, parts of one picture, by date of birth… Sometimes they play games... I prefer groups of 4 or 5 students

Fátima Ribeiro, Portugal

2019-02-09 11:50:13 UTC

Eu costumo deixar meus alunos formarem os grupos. Se necessário, faço alguns ajustes de acordo com o nível de conhecimento dos alunos, a fim de tornar os grupos dinâmicos e produtivos.I often do peer groups and never more than four

Catarina Isabel Brito, Portugal

caty_brito_5 — 2019-02-09 12:25:41 UTC

It depends on the topic we are about to work on. However, I always try to have heterogeneous groups, no more than 4 students per group. At the beginnig I let the students choose their peers, but if there is a student left behind, I put him / her into a group according to what I think it will be better for him / her. It really depends on the group work

Ana, Croatia

2019-02-09 12:53:49 UTC

I still struggle with group work and when I do it I try to divide into up to 4 groups of 4-5 pupils where they randomly get together but I watch that all groups are cca equally strong (able to complete the given task). The problem comes when I have to asess the result and I am reluctant in grading because I know that not every pupil in the best group deserves the best grade and not every student in the weakest group deserves the lower grade. That is why I rarely evaluate seriously

Adina Geczi, Romania

2019-02-09 14:45:18 UTC

Depends on what kind of activity they have to do.I usually divide them by their aptitudes, or interests but another time I let them to form the groups by their choices.

ÖZNUR/ TURKEY

oznurcamkesen — 2019-02-09 14:51:56 UTC

Sınıfın akademik başarısına dikkat ediyorum ve bu yönde karma gruplar oluşturuyorum.

I'm observing how active students are and how much they can help their learning levels, wishes, and each other
I do two different assessments as individual and group.

Dimitria Ayanska, Bulgaria

dimitriaayanska — 2019-02-09 15:30:17 UTC

It is not that easy to devie stdents to groups whan you have 30 of them in class. Most of my classes are of around 30 students so both personalised learning and collaborative working are callenging. But I ususally devide them to equally strong - not all the strong learners in one group. The other thing is according their peferred ways of learning .

Vida , Lithuania

bavidaa — 2019-02-09 15:34:47 UTC

I divide students into groups: I choose myself, select a few students who choose a team, out of symbols ...

Duygu Apladı, Turkey

duyguapladi — 2019-02-09 15:46:55 UTC

It depends on the activity to be performed. Sometimes they create groups themselves. Sometimes I create mixed groups of different interests and abilities.

Elsa Ramos, Portugal

elsa_ramos — 2019-02-09 16:14:10 UTC

Sometimes I use a web tool ..WheelDecide to make groups ramdoly. But usually, I organize groups with a mix of skills and students with more facility to learn with students with dificulties.

Rute Vieira, Portugal

rutecvieira — 2019-02-09 16:43:00 UTC

The creation of the group, sometimes, depends on the activity. Normaly I choose the groups, so that all can learn and participate. They tend to choose their best friends, and sometimes, don't finish the tasks in time.

Mirela, Croatia

klaricmi — 2019-02-09 16:57:20 UTC

For short group work I ask them to work with the students they sit next to, 3-4 students work in one group like that. If the group work is more complex and needs home work - I make groups trying to have kids who live close to one another be in one group. For some group work I use post it papers - I put them on tables before students enter the class and then I tell them to make groups based on the color of the paper they found on their table. Some times I allow them to form groups as they wish but not too often because I like them to work with each student in the class at least once.

Manuela, Romania

manuela_iacob12 — 2019-02-09 17:24:41 UTC

most often divide pupils into groups of 6-7 pupils by counting from 1 to 6
Or choose 5 commanders who alternately choose team members

Lurdes - Portugal

mlurdesnljesus — 2019-02-09 17:24:50 UTC

I prefer setting up mixed-ability groups and I let my students form their own (usually groups of 4).

Ksenija, Croatia

ksenija_skorich — 2019-02-09 17:50:17 UTC

Sometimes I choose one student for a group and they pick the others, but thi could be tricky. Sometimes it's the shoe number or hair color or heigth... I prefer dividing them with stickers, color papers, letters... And, of course, sometimes I let them divide. No more then five in a group.

Ivana, Croatia

2019-02-09 18:11:42 UTC

It depends on the aim of the activity. If we play games at the beginning or at the end of the lesson, I let students form the groups, or I divide them according to the seating position (three rows). If we practise grammar or vocabulary before the test, or if the students have to do a class project (presentations, posters, board games) I form mixed-ability groups so that high-skilled and low-skilled students can help each other.

Ana, Portugal

anarplcorreia — 2019-02-09 18:17:56 UTC

The way I divide my students usually depends on the task and sometimes on the class itself.
If it's a quick and easy task I usually let them choose the groups. If I want them to form study groups, I choose the groups based on their skills. Sometimes, for longer project works, I draw their names by chance because I think that it is important for them to get used to working with different people and get out of their comfort zone.

Madalena Macedo, Ponte de Lima, Portugal

2019-02-09 18:37:48 UTC

Since my school rooms layout is a traditional one, sometimes students will simply turn back and get together in groups of four. For longer projects, they choose their group partners. For debates, I may simply divide the class in two, depending on which side of the arguments the students feel better with. Regardless of the situation, I think the most important is to avoid group formation in which students are chosen one by one till there is always somebody who is going to be the last one to be chosen. That's rather humiliating.

2019-02-09 19:19:29 UTC

I ask the students to form the groups independently

Heidi, Germany

hgi — 2019-02-09 19:20:19 UTC

I use a group finder of learningapps.org and change the groups every time they work for a new project. So every student will work with new partners and not always with the same. If it's not me to organize groups but the "app" it's easier for my students to cope with a situation that in their group there is the one student they maybe don't want to work with normally. If they had the liberty of choosing their group members by themselves there would be some students left as last ones nobody would choose and this would be unbearable situation.

Celeste Simões, Portugal

celestesimoes67 — 2019-02-09 19:24:02 UTC

I always choose the first element of each group, in order to distribute the students who have higher proficiency for each group. Then, these elements choose the others. So, they choose the ones they feel more comfortable working with, which helps the group work and the learning environment within the group. Sometimes, you can have them share the work they are doing with the other groups, and for this you divide the group into student A, B, C, D… then you put all A’s, B’s… together, which means they all get to speak and at the same time they feel comfortable with it, because they have already prepared everything within their original group work.

Rute Vieira, Portugal

rute_sofia — 2019-02-09 19:24:35 UTC

I tend to be heterogeneous groups, that is, groups where students do not have the same cognitive ability and ease in communicating to all. In this way, everyone is able to learn and the best and bad groups are not created.
In this way, the work done has gone well.

Daniela Malta

daniela_dimech — 2019-02-09 19:39:08 UTC

I use different methods to form groups. These are some examples:
- let students work with whom they feel more comfortable;
- I use numbers: For example I want 4 groups. So I give each student a number from 1 to 4 and then the 1s work together, the 2s, the 3s, the 4s...
- Before the group work I give out different sweets to the students. Then I say those of you who have orange sweets are group 1, red sweets are group 2,...
-I draw names by chance
- I use pieces of strings, wool. Students get end and find who is holding the other end

Tena, Croatia

2019-02-09 19:39:43 UTC

If it is a small activity they form groups with the students they sit with. If it is an activity that lasts an entire hour I give them some paper with a short task and they have to solve them. They have to find students that have the same answer as they have and then they form a group.

Susana Peixoto, Portugal

epacsb_susanapeixoto — 2019-02-09 20:04:02 UTC

I usually divide students in heterogenous groups of four to five students and try to join different skilled students. Nevertheless I always negotiate my proposal with students, since some of them prefer to work with other students. Sometimes I accept their proposals.

Raquel Santiago, Portugal

prof_raquelsantiago — 2019-02-09 20:41:46 UTC

I try to have students in groups of four. I allow them to sit in class as they like but make changes after a while so I have mixed ability groups - in each desk I have a student who knows more vocabulary/ is more fluent in English with a student who has more difficulty at understanding English.

Sometimes I mix things up and give each student a number 1-4 and have all the nos. 1 work together, the nos. 2 work together and so on.

Still, I believe students prefer the first option and it usually works better because they feel safe and comfortable.

Ana Perak,Croatia

anap2711 — 2019-02-09 20:46:08 UTC

My classes are about 20 students, so I divide them in groups of five or four, it depends of work we do. Usually I want mixed ability group so I propose members of group. Sometimes I allow them to sit as they want or we make groups by coincidence (same number, same picture).

Đurđica Krtanjek, Croatia

krtanjekdjurdjica — 2019-02-09 21:16:17 UTC

Pupil's division depends on the content and activities I have anticipated. Sometimes it is better to let the students share their roles, but when I see certain students repeating themselves in a particular role or not participating in an active way, then I share their roles.

Maria Arlete Leitão, portugal

2019-02-09 21:17:24 UTC

When doing pair work, students work with the student sitting at the same table.

I try to form groups of four with different students each time I do group work in a class, so students can collaborate with different colleagues throughout the school year.

Although students usually form the groups, I always see if the groups are equilibrated and heterogeneous. If that doesn’t happen, I usually ask them to choose a person from their group they want to work with and, when necessary, suggest an exchange between two pairs of students.

Betul, Turkey

betulkrs — 2019-02-09 21:18:08 UTC

I set the groups as heterogeneous. Boys and girls like to do separate group. Everybody asks their most successful friends to their group. But I won't let them. Boys and girls are formed in groups to be mixed. I hold equal number of active and passive students in the group. Because they should encourage each other.

Drazenka, Croatia

drazenka_kuzman — 2019-02-09 21:30:57 UTC

I share the students in the groups depending on the task I give them. Sometimes there are 3 in the group, sometimes more. There are students of different abilities in a group. In this way, they develop their self- confidence and critical thinking.

Ljubica Ruzhinska, Macedonia

rljubica_78 — 2019-02-09 21:35:56 UTC

I teach English as a second language in a primary school, so I might teach in different grades and in classes with different number of students. I use group work activities a lot in my lessons and depending on the activity use different ways to group them: language ability, skills abilities (organization, creativity, solving problems..), who works good with whom or who doesn't work good with whom if I want to improve their cooperation and ability to solve their issues.
Here are a great article with 30 different ways to make groups
https://www.teachhub.com/30-ways-arrange-students-group-work

Antonietta Guida, Italy

miaaba — 2019-02-09 21:56:46 UTC

I usually divide students in small groups; each group has a specific task and role: they can choose them. They can share experience and help each other. At the end of the process they discuss about the final product and the whole experience.

THOMAI GREECE

thome06 — 2019-02-09 22:11:54 UTC

The groups are heterogeneous to be able to learn from each other

Gül SAKARYA

gulsoy_sakarya — 2019-02-09 22:34:26 UTC

Edirne-TURKEY

If I'm going to group my students according to academic achievement, I can make good-bad ones. Success in the good ones, bad ones to take the peer support to taste success.

Serap OZDEMIR

sery23 — 2019-02-09 22:45:31 UTC

If I create small groups (2-3 students) , I seperate them according to their choice. But if there will be a large group (4-5 students) , I create hetereogene groups.

Maria, Portugal

mariatiago — 2019-02-09 22:47:23 UTC

It depends on the class, the task and the product.
I used to use the app TeamUp; sometimes I use the app Wheel Decide; sometimes i let the students choose their members and sometimes I suggest them according their skills so that the members can be value-added.

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Cristiana Oliveira - Portugal

2019-02-09 22:57:20 UTC

I usually let students choose who they want to work with because I think it's important for students to feel good about who they work with.
I have already tried other forms, such as teamup. I end up thinking it wasn´t the best way!

Sandrina Martins, Portugal

nani_sandrina — 2019-02-10 00:02:04 UTC

When it's the first time I work on a project with the class, I let them organize in groups according to their choices or friendship relations. Once I know them better, I start to tweak the elements of the groups, randomly, using the WheelDecide app or assessing the capabilities of each one, making heterogeneous groups where each one has a well defined competence - the student who likes ICT, the student who likes to draw, student who likes to write, student who likes to organize tasks, etc.

Elisabete Ladeiro Pires

pirelisabete — 2019-02-10 00:02:31 UTC

Generally the groups that I organize in my classes are a heterogeneous type. If in the classroom there are children with special educational needs, I make sure that in every group there is one and that he always has the compensatory tools to help himself in the activity. Sometimes I use random assortment tools as they find it fun but it depends on the time available.

Aysel YILDIZ, Turkey

altinokaysel — 2019-02-10 00:18:50 UTC

When I create randomly, when I leave them to their wishes ... It changes according to the situation of the event. If I do a study that needs to solve a problem, I pay attention to the fact that academic distribution is equal, but I will allow them to work with friends if they want to produce a product.

Conceição Rodrigues, Portugal

ConceicaoRodrigues — 2019-02-10 01:38:19 UTC

Personally, I believe that groups should be heterogeneous, both in terms of skills and in terms of gender. Students do not always agree to it! If students are free to choose the elements of the group, they generally prefer to stay with their friends. Regarding the strategy of group formation, it depends on the purpose of the activity: the students can choose the elements of the group; the group is made by lot; the group consists of pairs in alphabetical order. I have found that in the age group 12-15 years, if students do not choose them the elements of the group, there is more difficulty in understanding each other.

D., Croatia

2019-02-10 08:58:11 UTC

Sometimes randomly and sometimes I leave them to their wishes. It depends on the aim of the activity.

Gonca Esendemir

2019-02-10 09:06:49 UTC

It actually depends on the class and the activity. If the self regulation abilities of the students in class is high, I let them decide the group participants, but set the maximum and minimum number of individual in the group. If the class is crowded and students have low self regulatory skills, I will decide the participants as well. The best students in terms of their engagement and the low ones are the factors I focus on.i generally try to have heterogeneity in a group to make students have lots of opportunities to learn from each other.

Enrica - Italy

EMGe — 2019-02-10 09:53:08 UTC

When I work in teams bigger than a couple, sometimes teams are choosen by students, sometimes are choosen by me or by the team of the involved teachers, sometimes they are formed completely random. I don't like very much the first choice as in this way students tend to stay with the ones who are best friends, while it is important to interact with people you don't feel so close: in this way the relationships within students are improved and they have to simulate a more real (job) situation. Each of them has a role and they have to report not only the conclusions, but also the dynamics inside the team.

Luminita, Ro

adi_luminita — 2019-02-10 10:01:50 UTC

Depending on the working technique I apply, I tell them how many groups I want to do, then let them group according to my friends.

I make some changes where the groups are not balanced, giving explanations of why they do. I also encourage the shy to get involved by giving them clear roles in the group.

In funcție de tehnica de lucru pe care o voi aplica, îi anunț câte grupe doresc să fac, apoi îi las să se grupeze în funcție de prietenii.

Fac unele modificari acolo unde grupele nu sunt echilibrate, dând explicații de ce fac acest lucru. Îi încurajez și pe cei timizi să se implice dându-le roluri clare în grup.

2019-02-10 10:23:27 UTC

Sometimes I let them do the groups as they want but normaly I love to use an app named DESITION ROULETTE, and the groups are allways different and spetial, more than if I did it my self. The surprise part is also very welcome from the kids. Aurora, Slovenia

sylvie

equipa_multidisciplinar — 2019-02-10 10:32:26 UTC

normally I let them to choose their partners. But whem a team is not working, I need to change it.

nicomd — 2019-02-10 11:00:53 UTC

I usually leave my student to decide who they would like to work with, I give them suggestions on how to form a group saying for example that they have to include in the group at least an ITC expert and an English language expert for the work to be done. My students often work in pairs and we often change the classroom arrangement so the pair changes as well and they have the opportunity to work with all their classmates and help each other.

Celeste, Portugal

mcelramos — 2019-02-10 11:51:18 UTC

I try not to repeat the members of the groups in different tasks. So, in the beginning they choose who to work with but after that I find different ways of joining them, as I believe variation is richer than using the same group over and over again. I don't use any APP for i didn't know any but I use odd numbers, even numbers, students with m in the name etc. Just to change the composition of the group. After that I make sme small changes concerning the proficiency of students as I believe they should integrate different groups and not only one. They can help their peers and we can use that, too.

Anabela Aguiar, Portugal

anabelaguiarprof — 2019-02-10 11:54:40 UTC

The way I divide my students into groups varies a lot, if it is a quick activity for just one lesson, they work with the students sitting next to them.
For longer projects I may choose the first element of each group, so that there is some balance in terms of language skills and the other elements may be chosen by those students or I may also use the app Wheel Decide, so that the other elements are chosen randomly.
I think it is good for students to work with different classmates because it fosters class union and helps them learn to work with different types of people.

Ecem,İzmir

ecemaknt — 2019-02-10 13:45:16 UTC

Actually it depends on the aim of the activity, when they color something or cutting, pasting etc it doesnt matter I let them choose their partners but an educative activity, I try to categorize them by putting a hardworking student in each group, make him/her their leader, in order to correct their mistakes before telling me, and control them for not doing anything wrong during the activity.

Renata, Croatia

renata_pintar — 2019-02-10 13:54:09 UTC

Sometimes I let them group themselves, sometimes they pull cards, sometimes I arrange gropus because I don't want „strong“ and „weak“ groups.

Simona Mona/Romania In my classroom activities, the groups generally include students who have the same learning style, similar interests, and communicate well in collegial relationships.

simonaantoanela — 2019-02-10 13:54:55 UTC

Ezgi K. Turkey

ezgikiroglu — 2019-02-10 14:15:44 UTC

I use different stratigies in different topics and different classes.
* randomly
*volunteerly
*strong-weak balance
*shy- not shy
*competitive- not competitive
* girls- boys balance

Yeşim Y, Turkey

yyildogan — 2019-02-10 14:16:25 UTC

I let them form their own group to feel comfortable . But this happens at the beginning of the year and if they don't know each other well.After they know well each other we draw names from a box or use colours .

Inma, Spain

inmanegrete — 2019-02-10 15:07:37 UTC

I use different techniques. I sometimes ask them to choose who they want to sit with; On other occassions I use the mixed ability criteria so that they can help each other and the weak ones can get the help from their peers. Lastly, I organize the groups accordiing to the difficulty of the task they are going to carry out.

Vlatka Čus, Croatia

vlatka_cus — 2019-02-10 15:48:44 UTC

1.Students with low abilities and high abilities together in same group in order to better students can help others (better collaboration)

2.Students with higher abilities and with more interest for a subject together, so as students with lower abilities or less interested (more individualized tasks and using of different approaches)

3. Students in groups of their own choice.

Maria _ Portugal

prof_majoper — 2019-02-10 16:21:03 UTC

As the classes are 30 students and I make groups of 3 students I make 10 groups and I usually use an online application: Random Team Generator

João Teixeira, Portugal

joargui — 2019-02-10 16:29:52 UTC

Usually, I let them sit wherever they want and with that person they like, but if I detect some divergences or problems among them, I draw the group elements. In each situation, I always distribute the students with higher abilities, according to the difficulty of the task, so that they can help each other.

Roberto, IT

roberto_giglietto — 2019-02-10 17:06:28 UTC

Sometimes I choose groups only according a spatial order consideration,. Few times I move sudents in different places just to fix some issue.

Sandra Viana, Portugal

sandravian — 2019-02-10 17:37:51 UTC

We would like to divide students in groups according to their interests, similarities, friendships... but I don't think it's fair to all students. There's always a group of students who is put aside because they are shy or somehow with some kind of learning disability... and when I ask students to decide who they want to work with, there's always that group... So this year I'm using a digital tool to make groups. I have students names and then I say the number of students I want in each group, and the group maker chooses the students randomly. I didn't know what to expect and I was a bit afraid, but it works. Students accept well and have known some colleagues better since then. Once a group of students I had never thought of putting together (very talkative, lack of attention...) were put together and their work, a collaborative horror story, was excellent.
When they get used to work together, they respect each other, they listen to each other, they make eye contact and all contributions are valued because they are all engaged

Sofia Tsigara, Greece

2019-02-10 17:39:44 UTC

My students are 5-6 year old, so I divide students in groups. I made the mistake to let them make groups with their friends, and I only had voice and not work!

Bulent AKSAHİN,Turkey

2019-02-10 17:44:09 UTC

the group builds themselves.group name.and group head.

Marta Martins, Portugal

marta_sil_martins — 2019-02-10 17:48:24 UTC

The formation of the group depends on the task, being able to resort to different strategies:
• the elements of the group are chosen by the students;
• the elements of the group are chosen by the teacher in a random way;
• the elements of the group are pre-defined by the teacher;
I want the number of elements in the group to be odd and a maximum of 5 elements.

Maria Pace

2019-02-10 18:01:43 UTC

Children usually work in pairs or in groups of 3-4 maximum. I feel that larger groups can be somehow difficult with younger students. I also keep in mind the social and learning skills of the children. Most often children will have mixed abilities/skills, but for particular tasks children with similar skills are paired/grouped together.

João Pedro Rodrigues, Portugal

jpedsr — 2019-02-10 18:02:33 UTC

In general, I define the groups in a mixed way. I let them choose the elements of the group, but I always convey to them the need to integrate students with more difficulties both in terms of knowledge and socialization. However, each class is a case and each student has his own characteristics, which requires a constant adaptation of the group formation model.

Irena Peček, Croatia

2019-02-10 18:04:53 UTC

It depends on the size of the class, the length of the lesson, the physical features of the classroom, and the nature of the group task. I divide students into groups according to their choice, abilities or seating arrangement.

Bozica, Croatia

bozica_baronica — 2019-02-10 19:32:19 UTC

Sometimes I think about the characteristics of a student and the particularities of tasks. Sometimes I make quite a random choice.

Esther, Spain

estheriitawork — 2019-02-10 20:03:43 UTC

I usually organize groups of 4, sometimes of 5 when necessary. I prefer groups of 3, but it doesn't work so well because you cannot break the group in pairs to work independently at the beginning of certain taks. Definitely, my favourite is 4.
At the beginning of the school year, I let them do their own group, specially when I don't know them, and with this I can observe who are best friends, who is alone, who is ignored, if they get on well as a group, if they don`t, if they have worked in groups before... there are many things I can infer from that.
Then, I set the groups according to their level (it didn't work), so I try to have in mind the multiple intelligences and also the personal characters, always with the objective of the group taking the students forwards.
It is difficult to make the groups, sometimes "classdojo" app, helps me and they I make some changes...
They stay together for a whole month, moreless, so there aren't so many changes all the time. It's good for the group.

Elif Buyukuysal

elftheelf — 2019-02-10 20:32:33 UTC

I sometimes group them randomly or it depends on the activity we are doing. Sometimes I bring weak and strong students together, sometime group them according to ther interests etc

Ignacio Spain

2019-02-10 21:41:42 UTC

I prefer them to work in pairs or groups of three, four does not seem to work right for me.
Most of the time I let them do the group, I think they work better with children they are confident with

Cláudia Santos, Portugal

2019-02-10 21:45:18 UTC

Most of the time, I try to group the students mixing their skill levels. The strongest students can help the "weaker" ones. It’s a way to make each student participate in the group, assigning specific roles for each one. Sometimes, I organize the groups randomly. It depends on the activity/task. All the strategies are good if they provide the success of the learning of our students. Every class is different and so are our students so , sometimes we need to try some strategies in order to undertasnd which one is the best. Maybe for class A, I have better results joining the students according to their interests but in class B, It's better when they work in pairs...

Adília, Portugal

adiliasss — 2019-02-10 22:30:32 UTC

It really depends on the task / activity and/or on the classes. If it's a short dialogue they work in pairs. But if it's a longer and more demanding task, I ask them to organise bigger groups. Once again I don't have a fixed rule to form the groups; sometimes I just let them choose the members of each group, other times I try to mix students with different learning skills.

Žaklina Kvesić, Croatia

zaki_kvesic — 2019-02-10 22:43:34 UTC

I divide my students usually by random choice, but it also depends on what tasks are we doing that day.

Groups of two pupils work better but it is also a good experience for them to learn how to work in groups of 4 or 5. Most time random choice, that makes them work with people they find not attractive, because it is real life...

2019-02-11 07:34:05 UTC

Dilay

dilay_tezgul — 2019-02-11 10:20:23 UTC

I try not to divide groups randomly although it sometimes works really well. I try to divide them based on their characteristics and learning ways. I try to put high ach,evers and low achievers togther so that they can help each other, learn from each other.

Carolina, Italy💡

carolina_biscos — 2019-02-11 13:22:05 UTC

I usually divide in groups of maximun 4 students.
There isn't a way that works best, it depend about the activity and the focus of activity.
Sometimes it's best divide randomly, sometimes I ask them organise each other, sometimes I set the groups.

Adela Gabriela

muresan_gabriela_adela — 2019-02-11 14:21:01 UTC

I use to divide my students usually by random choice, but it also depends on what tasks are we doing that day.

Simona, the Czech Republic

2019-02-11 14:51:45 UTC

I let students decide who to work with because I learned that I should do it that way in a course on collaborative learning.

Vera Lourenço - Portugal

vera_lourenco1 — 2019-02-11 15:03:07 UTC

In elements of a group work is done randomly , using papers, numbers and currently the Classdojo application. I do not like to put the students in group because I have the tendency always to put the good students apart as well as the low skills with good ones. I'd rather be random to be fairer. I think this way is better

Divide students into groups depends on the activity... (Cristiane Parente)

cristiane_parente — 2019-02-11 15:12:59 UTC

I do not think there is a recipe for dividing students into groups. This depends more on the type of activity that will be proposed. Sometimes it is worth splitting for the skills they have, so that each group has students with different skills that complement each other; other times the activity does not require specific skills and may be a more random division, just as there is always the possibility for students to create their own groups.

Lucrezia, Italy

edimol — 2019-02-11 16:58:00 UTC

I usually leave my students free to choose their partners in the group, but at the same time I organize groups of mixed abilities students.

selma meral-turkey

selmameral1988 — 2019-02-11 17:14:40 UTC

I pay particular attention to creating heterogeneous groups.

RICARDO, BOLOGNA - IT

2019-02-11 17:26:38 UTC

Sometimes I let them choose, sometimes I choose by some criteria like grades, experiences, interests, etc.

Isabel, Portugal

2019-02-11 17:55:32 UTC

I organize the groups having in mind the nature of the task, searching for diversity - because I believe that we all can learn with people that think differently from us.

Filomena Bianco, Italy

2019-02-11 18:12:12 UTC

I prefer small groups, with maximum 4 students each. I usually make sure that in each groups students have different skills and personalities so that there is a certain balance and also peer tutoring can take place.

Aiste, Lithuania

2019-02-11 18:38:42 UTC

I usually prefer groups of 4 students. Depending on the task sometimes students can devide into groups themselves, sometimes I organize groups using diferent criteria (interests, experience, etc).

Yasemin, Turkey

2019-02-11 18:43:06 UTC

I prefer ''pair work'' for young learners when there are a lot of students it can be a problem but in pairs they choose who to work with.. if I want to work with bigger groups ı divide my class into two which has 12 students in each group then I do competition with them according to topic.

Yune

2019-02-11 19:04:10 UTC

I try to divide them in small groups of 3-4 members and trying to be heterogeneous groups in order to make them participate and help each other.

Yasemin Tekbaş, Kahta, Turkey

2019-02-11 20:11:15 UTC

I usually leave them to their choice. sometimes I set groups

Dilek, Turkey

dilek_erdur83 — 2019-02-11 20:16:17 UTC

I sometimes divide the students according to their interest, academic success and I sometimes use classdojo app -group maker which my students find interesting to be together with their friends that they cant expect :)

Klaudija/Croatia

2019-02-11 20:16:59 UTC

I prefer small groups, with maximum 4 students. Sometimes I let them group themselves, sometimes they pull cards, sometimes I arrange gropus because .

Reyhan, Turkey

reyhangndodu — 2019-02-11 21:15:44 UTC

ı always take their level, abilities and interests into consideration.

Maria Anversa Grasso, Italy

mirellanversa — 2019-02-11 21:37:35 UTC

I prefer groups of 4 or 5 students; one of them is appointed leader of the team so his/her task is to support and lead the weaker ones.

Paulo Alves, Portugal

pjfalves — 2019-02-11 21:47:11 UTC

Usualy 4, sometimes 3. 2 are exeption. Tasks for the group are shared and each one help each other. Some times the groups are random, some times students can integrate a group with friends

Đurđica, Croatia

durdica_lucek — 2019-02-11 22:01:25 UTC

I regularly divide students into groups of 4 where students have different abilities.

semrasahmelikoglu — 2019-02-11 22:27:18 UTC

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Semra UÇAR ŞAHMELİKOĞLU, TURKEY

semrasahmelikoglu — 2019-02-11 22:35:03 UTC

Most of the time I think they studying better with get along friends. I'm doing a group of three or four.

Sandra Mendes-Portugal

sandrabn_13 — 2019-02-11 23:07:39 UTC

Usually I divide them in groups of 4/5 and I allow them to choode their mates...if it goes well then they're able to choose throughout the school year, if it doens't go well I choose the elements of the groups myself in order to save troubles and time.

Beatriz (Spain)

2019-02-12 09:30:16 UTC

It depends. Sometimes I let them decide who they want to work with (making sure nobody is left alone of course), sometimes I group them myself according to different criteria (interests, experiences, and so on) but generally speaking, I prefer small group work such as working in pairs or in groups of four.

Sérgio Barroso

sergiobarroso — 2019-02-12 11:46:32 UTC

It actually depends on the project. Sometimes a group needs to have more students, other group less students. If a group is building the graphic structrure, if the other is responsible for photography, or if one is doing the research. In this case, they choose in what group they want to be in. If the purpose is to compare works between groups, they decide the group as long as they can point wich tasks each one is reponsible, so that they are aware that they have all the skills needed to complete sucssefully the tasks.

RABIA SHAH, PAKISTAN

2019-02-12 15:50:50 UTC

i usually divide students in groups such that the students with high skills can help the students with low skills. they can communicate and collaborate, everyone contribute with their own way and different interest come together in the group.

Sebahat YALÇIN,Turkey

2019-02-12 16:16:56 UTC

It depends on the topic.Sometimes they work in pairs,sometimes in large groups also sometimes on their own.

Maria Afonso, Portugal

maria_afonso08 — 2019-02-12 17:05:26 UTC

I usually prefer small groups. Sometimes students can devide into groups themselves, sometimes I organize groups using diferent criteria (interests, experience, etc) and sometimes I organize groups of mixed abilities students.

Sara, Spain

sacedofuentes — 2019-02-12 17:45:23 UTC

I tend to use pairs or very small groups because when they are in bigger groups is more difficult for them to get organised. In certain projects I've used "corners" where students have to sit and complete a task, the groups in the corners are not fixed, the students have to move and complete all the tasks proposed in the different corners.

Rosalba from Rome

rosalba1963 — 2019-02-12 17:59:22 UTC

It depends on the class, the project and the students'needs.

Banu Güven, Konya/Türkiye

banuguvenster — 2019-02-12 18:02:39 UTC

I usually divide them in groups against their abilities. Every group has a leader, a searcher, a designer, a writer and a speaker. So they can provide each other. and and improve their collabration, communication, critical thinking and creativity all together

Gülseren Kalafat

gulserenceylan — 2019-02-12 19:34:08 UTC

As I stated in the previous padlet, I generally put the weaker students with more hardworking ones together in group works. I belive this helps them learn from each other, kind of a peer-teaching. And according to their interests I try to make groups but of course if I have known for a while.

Francesca, Italy

2019-02-12 20:02:41 UTC

I usually try to balance groups: weaker students with stronger ones. However, I also try to put together people who like each other, since it seems to be a crucial factor in the outcome of the task assigned

Panagiota Malamp

2019-02-12 20:11:10 UTC

Panagiota Malamou -Greece

2019-02-12 20:11:10 UTC

I divide them in small groups. each group has a high skilled students and low skilled students to help each other.

Emilia A./Romania

teacherro — 2019-02-12 21:01:09 UTC

I make pairs or small groups of 3-4 students.When those who finished quicker I encourage them to go and help those who are slower.They like working in groups.

ENgin, Türkiye

Engins — 2019-02-12 21:08:15 UTC

This process depends on elements such as student interests, content, student skills. But I think the most important thing is to include them in the group they want to be.

Edurne Andrés Crespo, Spain

edurne_andcre — 2019-02-13 05:52:56 UTC

I divide them in pairs or small groups of 3 or 4 students. Moreover, I try to put together weaker students with stronger ones so that stronger students can help and also notice the different learning realities and skills in their class.

Charo, Spain

2019-02-13 08:16:29 UTC

Firstly, I usually divide in small groups with different abilities. Secondly, they put in common their conclusions in the big group

Christine , Malta

2019-02-13 08:57:46 UTC

I use random grouping cards.

Štefica, Croatia

2019-02-13 08:58:45 UTC

I usually devide the students into smaller groups most often by 4 students. In my experience, this group should be heterogeneous in terms of knowledge.

Tomislav, Croatia

tomislav_lecek — 2019-02-13 11:16:11 UTC

Always by random selection. In fact, the students themselves draw the group numbers. In this way, they learn to cooperate with everyone, regardless of whether they are with a better friend or whether they know more.

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luisaltnogueira — 2019-02-13 12:45:21 UTC

I usually let them form groups of four or five elements. I work with students with more learning difficulties, in these cases it is I who select the group where they will be inserted.

Paula Cotter Cabral, Azores - Portugal

paulacotter70 — 2019-02-13 17:47:39 UTC

I usualy use in lower grades this:
https://wheeldecide.com/

Isabel. Portimão

2019-02-13 17:55:05 UTC

The groups of, more or less, 4 elements are formed: freely; Randomly (letters, colors; labels); Selected by the teacher.

berkant ,Türkiye

2019-02-13 18:23:57 UTC

usually two hardworking two a little less hard working in the form of mixed boys and girls to set up the group.

MAHEK BUTT, PAKISTAN I divide my class in groups of 5 to 6 members. Different level skilled students are grouped together. There are some high skilled students as well as low skilled students. And everyone has to take part in the given task. They are highly motivated and encouraged so that they have to build self confidence in themselves.

2019-02-13 20:28:25 UTC

Isabel, Portugal

isamarques76 — 2019-02-13 20:35:17 UTC

I prefer to work with small groups 3/4 students, I try to balance with students with more skills and with less, making heterogenous groups. For these works, I assign tasks that promote debate and research.

ELVAN İNAN-TURKEY

elvaninanelvan — 2019-02-13 21:07:04 UTC

the project is linked to Stony. Sometimes one group needs to be more students and the other group needs to be less students. He's the only one responsible or doing a research. In this case, they choose which group they want to be in. If the goal is to compare jobs between groups, they decide on the group as long as each of their tasks can be restored, so they are aware that they have all the skills necessary to complete tasks successfully.

Daniela Tanu,Romania

tiganasu_daniela — 2019-02-13 21:32:40 UTC

Usually we group 4-5 students by color, numbers, books, or if they are animosity, they choose some group where they can work better. They organize, try over the years of study to use each other's abilities and knowledge .

Teresa, Lisboa

2019-02-13 21:41:19 UTC

Usually use giveI letter A, B, C, D.
After all A form a group and B another .... it is random.

2019-02-13 21:52:51 UTC

Mafalda Lapa, Portugal

lapa_mafalda — 2019-02-14 00:15:10 UTC

I used to use an app that divides students in groups and according wjth their profile. But now the app is no longer active so I ask them to go and meet someone with whom they never have worked before.

Nihan

2019-02-14 05:54:12 UTC

I sometimes ask them to make their groups. I try to make different groups every time we work in groups.

Ignacio

2019-02-14 14:53:28 UTC

1 high ability student
1 low ability student
2 average students
Then I place their desk in a way that everybody can see the faces of each other leaving in the middle an empty space.

Montsse, Spain

2019-02-14 19:26:09 UTC

Normally I arrange simple tasks in pairs, in the same way that they are sitting in class. This is because, the main teacher has organized in this way according their needs. Sometimes I divide them in a little groups 4/5 students. I try to organize them with different skills and abilities.

Feri Yaman Aydın Turkey

2019-02-14 21:39:23 UTC

I try to be balanced when grouping children into groups. I've come up with new and original ideas in merging students who don't meet each other as much as possible.

Conchi C., Spain

mccantero — 2019-02-14 21:41:07 UTC

I try to divide them in pairs for simple tasks. For more difficult activities, I organize them in groups of 4, in heterogeneous groups, to work with differents abilities.

Alma S., Bosnia and Herzegovina

almasal78 — 2019-02-15 07:45:19 UTC

Different ways of grouping (by abilities, skills).

Burcin,Turkey

burcin_incee — 2019-02-15 08:59:59 UTC

I divide students using list of them, odd and even number of groups. Sometimes I use list of them by choosing a student of bottom and a student of top of the list.
maybe choosing programmes like classdojo has been used.

Ana Santos, Portugal

crissantos2304 — 2019-02-15 10:41:45 UTC

I usually let them choose their pairs. In the classes where groups are always the same, I interfere and I try they learn how to work with other mates.

Clara, Italy

clarag — 2019-02-15 15:22:24 UTC

Ana, Croatia

2019-02-15 19:06:58 UTC

My division of groups depends on the class that I'm working in in that moment. Sometimes it's more efficient to let students choose their own groups and I just strict the number and sometimes I have to divide them depending on their possibilities and effort involved. Also, if the task isn't to big or to hard, my students work in pairs.

Seda, TURKEY

sedasagin — 2019-02-15 19:10:50 UTC

I work in a school that each class has few students, even some classes have three or four pupils. That’s why the best way for us is pair work.

Lucia B, Italy

2019-02-15 20:42:27 UTC

I do exactly like Francesca (Italy) with my teenagers: "weaker students with stronger ones. However, I also try to put together people who like each other, since it seems to be a crucial factor in the outcome of the task assigned"

Ljiljana, Croatia

ljiljana_jeftimir — 2019-02-15 21:29:49 UTC

The best groups are three students, work in pairs due to the bench layout (bench behind the bench), a multi-member group when students are doing creative work. Giving, groups can be different depending on the type of problem.
Empathy is also important. In the group, they can not be together those unsuspecting students. Students must be free and satisfied, motivated.

Suncezgb, Croatia

2019-02-15 21:49:59 UTC

Different ways - by their choice, by numbers, random selection...
In my opinion the best way is by their choice.

Milijana, Serbia

2019-02-15 22:17:43 UTC

I leave students to form groups themselves. At the front are mixed groups. In each of them there is a leader of the group who is the bearer of the activity.

Sophia, Greece

SD1000 — 2019-02-16 08:52:28 UTC

The main principle underlying group or pair formation has to do with the students’ abilities: advanced students pair with beginners, or strong students pair with weak ones. When pairing with a friend means a student becoming noisy, I prefer not to pair students with their friends.

Marina, Croatia

2019-02-16 10:37:20 UTC

Students are most often divided into groups where weaker students and those who are more able to do learn are together. I often choose the leader of a group that must also explain to students who have not understood something. Dividing students to groups with equal skills are sometimes not bad, but often they are less productive than the first solution.

Gamze U.Ç.

2019-02-16 11:39:41 UTC

I usually group students as their academic skills. In a group there should be a quick learner, a slow learner and an avarege learner.

2019-02-16 12:25:58 UTC

create groups depending on the subject. Sometimes it is a random group, and sometimes a high skill student (low skill student)

Tina, C

2019-02-16 12:26:16 UTC

I create groups depending on the subject. Sometimes it is a random group, and sometimes are important students skills (high skill student with low skill student)

Havva, Turkey

2019-02-16 15:38:11 UTC

If they solve a problem or they are crowded, I divide them in groups as their skills and academic success. I generally match high skill students with low skill students. Also I give the moderate job to unwilling students so they feel more responsible and attend more

İsmail Çağlayan ÖZKAYA,Mugla Turkey

2019-02-16 15:56:24 UTC

I put them as their academic avarege and i'm trying to create homogenous groups

Marta Curto, Portugal

istruka — 2019-02-16 17:55:54 UTC

I usually divide the class into pairs, and I let them choose their partner. It's important for their learning process that they are with someone they care, trust and feel comfortable with. On the other hand, pairs tend to take care of each other and work the same, whereas in bigger groups there are always those who do nothing, don't give opinions, consequently don't learn.
This year I tried to choose the pairs in a class of 12 students: 6 girls and 6 boys, and I paired girls with boys. It worked really well. But it is not a rule. Another time I interfered with the choice of pairs was in a class where there were always the same 5 students left. Then I started to choose the pairs myself.

Marco, Italy

2019-02-16 17:57:34 UTC

I try to dives students into homogenous groups when all skills, all abilities are well mixed

Lídia Mota, Portugal

sanchesmlidia — 2019-02-16 18:14:09 UTC

I let them choose, and i make small groups.

Laura, Romania

lauraelenaburcus — 2019-02-16 19:24:20 UTC

I do not divide them. This is their choice.

Rita Zurrapa, Portugal

zurrapinha — 2019-02-16 20:53:14 UTC

It depends. But usually they just turn to their nearest colleagues if it is a work in class. Outsi
de class I let them choose the group. I am implenting a new way. They have to tell me 3 persons who they want to work with and 2 who they don't want to work with. And I will do the groups. Let's see how it works ;)

Ülkü ÜNVER ÇELEBİ Didim TURKEY

ben_ulku — 2019-02-16 21:03:36 UTC

Let them to choose their partner.

Sónia Guerreiro, Portugal

soniaioguerreiro — 2019-02-16 21:16:35 UTC

Usually I use two different strategies is the moment to divide groups. For the first and second moments ir group work I let students choose with whom they would like to co-work. After that the follow group moments the group division obey some rules. What matters is to provide that erveryone work with everyone untill the end of works.

Eleni, Greece

ezalavra — 2019-02-16 22:12:01 UTC

At the first activity that I implement group work in each of my classes I allow students to choose on their own the members of the groups. I only intervene in case that I notice that a student is secluded. I do so cause I have notice that students are very reluctant to collaborate with classmates who they are not close with.
At the activities that follows I ask that they change the synthesis of the original group members but I still let them choose on their own. After a few activities that the rule of changing group members is applied all the students have interacted with the majority of the classmates and they do not hesitate to collaborate with any of their classmates.

Faruk Yıldız, Turkey

omfayildiz — 2019-02-16 22:21:50 UTC

Initially, they choose groups themselves, usually groups of two. In later times, groups can change and eventually all become one group.

Jasmina, Serbia

jasmina_micic — 2019-02-17 01:33:14 UTC

Sometimes, I try to make homogeneous groups in class but, real life working teams are often unhomogeneous. So, while students are comming into the classroom, I rather give them stickers with the number of the group, from 1 to 5 and so on, again. It seems that it is a matter of good luck, to have successful team, but every student try to do his best...

Filiz Bilici-TURKEY

filizlenirken — 2019-02-17 09:52:50 UTC

I separate my students into groups according to their abilities and interests. While planning, I give importance to the contribution of the students in the group.

Marta Tarantino, Italy

martatarantino — 2019-02-17 09:56:11 UTC

Depending on the activity, the time, the purpose, and other factors I may choose to divide my students in:

1.Teacher-Assigned Groups (Randomly mixed up pre-assigned groups; Grouped according to same skill level; Grouped to mix skill levels; Grouped for classroom management)

2. Students Choose Groups (Students select own group; Students given options; Grouped according to interest)

3. Randomized Group Work (sometimes by using a digital grouping tool)

Renata, Croatia

2019-02-17 12:03:02 UTC

I usually divide them into pairs or groups of 4 students. Either they themselves choose who they will work with or they are grouped according to the images they have pulled up from the box.

Maria S., Italy

aquilone331 — 2019-02-17 12:09:25 UTC

I prefer to form heterogeneous groups, within which the less good students can be helped by the better ones. Sometimes I let the students form their own groups based on their friendships, especially when they have to work from home.

2019-02-17 12:42:03 UTC

While doing activities during the lesson ı make them group to share their ideas

Elena Quiles

elena_quiles — 2019-02-17 14:03:27 UTC

From my point of view, the best way to divide students in groups is according to their skills and level. For example, it is highly recommendable to mix students who are above average with those who have more difficulties so that the former can help the latter. In addition, it is important to mix girls and boys.

Adelaide Jordão, Portugal

adelaidejordao3 — 2019-02-17 16:32:26 UTC

I prefer teams of two or four elements. Usually students are free to to choose the criteria of constitution of each team. When according to the objectives of the lesson, I want homogeneous or heterogeneous groups, with special skills and levels, then I decide the criteria of constitution of the groups, who works with whom.

Jorge Estrela, Portugal

2019-02-17 20:01:41 UTC

Usually I let students choose their groups as well as the number of elements. Depending on the type of activity / project and especially the profile of the class / students, the number of members can be variable. The time factor can also be limiting the number of elements per group, since groups with a larger number of students have more difficulty organizing.

Cristina (Spain)

cristinagomezdi — 2019-02-17 20:23:04 UTC

My groups usually are formed by 4 or 5 students, and all of them are heterogeneus.

Catarina, Portugal

2019-02-17 21:10:40 UTC

I usually make groups of three students. The first group work of the school year I let them choose the groups. The following times it depends, sometimes we make it at random when I ask they to take a colour card or a word card from a bag and them I ask them to find their group in a game atmosphere, for example.

Daniela Popovici, Romania

2019-02-17 23:28:22 UTC

in classroom environment, in groups of 4-5, based on their preferences
for home projects, in pairs, also based on their preferences

Miguel A. (Burgos, Spain)

2019-02-17 23:53:07 UTC

When students have many electives subjects, or there are students who miss class, it is difficult to do fixed groups.
I usually make groups of four random students, and every so often change the teams and change positions.

F.Gulcin/Turkey

2019-02-18 07:27:53 UTC

I choose it completely randomly. choosing a symbol from the box, to say color, find counting a number from the mind. So each group consists of different people.

Līga Kraukle, Latvia

kraukle_liigak — 2019-02-18 10:55:42 UTC

They can choose themselves. Sometimes I use pictures, numbers...

Sorina R, Romania

2019-02-18 13:30:27 UTC

I would like to give them the freedom of choice, but unfortunately they choose by friendship and some of them get left out. So I choose the groups considering their pluses as to complement each other and form the best team.

Alexandra Fejer

alefejer — 2019-02-18 15:50:51 UTC

Picking a number or I arrange them by their desks.

Carmen Voinea, Romania

2019-02-18 17:09:37 UTC

The pupils are divided according to the purpose of the task. In learning tasks, they use heterogeneous groups that they share by counting. In designing projects I encourage them to group according to their preference for a particular way of working. But most often, with good results, I draw lots, count and then I invite them to work.

Serge from Belgium

digit_fs21 — 2019-02-18 17:29:21 UTC

sometimes the students may choose their own groups, but I'll prefer the Belbin team roles (https://www.belbin.com/about/belbin-team-roles/)

Elizabeth, Malta

2019-02-18 20:26:27 UTC

In our classroom, we try to group the children which are on different levels, mixed capabilities so they work in groups and feel that everyone can contribute, and with the support of their peers.

Tanja, Croatia

2019-02-18 21:04:16 UTC

I usually divide pupils into pairs or groups of 4 and I let them choose who they will work with.

GÖKSEL BABACAN,TURKEY

2019-02-18 21:13:32 UTC

The group is accountable for achieving its goals, and each member must be accountable for contributing a fair share of the work toward the group goal.

Rukiye, Turkey

86mrscabalar — 2019-02-18 21:44:56 UTC

Sometimes they choose their partners but sometimes ı choose because some of them are worse ,shy and unwilling. or they cannot want to be in a group.

Çölban-Turkey

huguette08 — 2019-02-18 22:33:48 UTC

My students are 5 and 6 years old.
The distribution of groups varies according to the type of study.
In some group work I can bring my students together and can not do.
I support peer education, children learn from each other the most beautiful.
In some studies, I let my students choose their teammates.
Their process guidance is invaluable, I guide in the work.

Sunčica, Croatia

s_remenar — 2019-02-18 22:38:46 UTC

I try to form groups with students of different abilities - and combine ones who are helpfull with the ones who need help.

Luminita, Romania

lumicarp — 2019-02-19 04:07:07 UTC

Depending on the task, sometimes I group them at random, using various objects/cards, sometimes let them organise in groups of 4-6, but most of the times I choose the groups in a balanced way depending on their learning style.

Dunja

quince6219 — 2019-02-19 07:42:31 UTC

I like to use different ways. Sometimes I just tell them to make for example groups of four and give them a minute do it. sometimes I tell them to form groups the way the sit in the classroom. For some activities I try to form groups with students of different abilities. At the beginning they like being grouped with their friends but as they get better at group work they like all possible settings.

Grou

2019-02-19 14:19:31 UTC

it's quite individual choice.Depends on the subject, ss t

Groups

2019-02-19 14:25:29 UTC

Mixing up up students' according to their abilities seems to be the best decision

Maria d.c., Italy

mariadecarlo — 2019-02-19 16:26:01 UTC

I usallly divide pupils into pairs or groups of 4 and I let them choose who they will work with.

Anna Grignetti Italy

annagrignetti — 2019-02-19 16:26:22 UTC

I usually divide students into pairs.
Sometime I let them choose who they will work with.

Susan Rees, Spain

2019-02-19 17:04:42 UTC

I usually have one one higher learner, 2 average learners and 1 slower learner in each group. they sit so that the higher learner in next to and in front of an average learner and diagonally across from the slower learner. This means that when we do activities, the faster and slower learners don't work directly with each other so they don't get frustrated. First they discuss things with one of the average learners and then as a whole group.

GİZEM T.TURKEY

elttakacgizem — 2019-02-19 17:16:05 UTC

Generellay they seat with theri favorite partner I make group of four.If the group is not heterogeneous I change them.

Urmi, Sweden

urmimalabanerjee — 2019-02-19 18:18:12 UTC

Pair work or group of three with defined roles works best in my class as sometimes I children in groups of 4 loose focus easily.

Meltem,Turkey

meltemakdeniz — 2019-02-19 18:24:36 UTC

I always form groups of students with different abilities. I ensure them to contribute to each other’s learning. So, I make them complete each other instead of competing with each other.

Burcu, Turkey

2019-02-19 18:52:23 UTC

I usually makegroups of three or four and I try to match students with different abilities levels, and paces.

Nurettin Aykan Türkiye

nurettin_aykan — 2019-02-19 18:56:41 UTC

We have created 3 separate groups. In the first group: 8 people who do not want to create groups alone, 8 people could reach the knowledge and understanding steps of the desired learning steps. Group 2: Totally 8 people were formed without rules. In this group, the idea of competition and jealousy came to the fore with the idea of being the first communication. Group 3 gender equality and group rules consisted of 8 partners. In this group, according to the other groups, most of the learning steps and even the upper level of the evaluation step was reached.

María, Valencia, Spain

mgarcia58 — 2019-02-19 19:10:20 UTC

I try to mix students who almost never talk in the playground for instance. That is the way to share thoughts and tasks in a collaborative team.

Oktay, Turkey

aoktaykoc — 2019-02-19 19:14:57 UTC

randomly or having different levels of academic success

different abilities ,in same group but listen their choose too

nazlinry — 2019-02-19 22:14:37 UTC

Anamaria Ghiban, Romania

anamariaghiban — 2019-02-19 22:48:27 UTC

The most funny way was yesterday, when I divide students using their birth month. :)

Claudya, Romania

claudia_neacsa — 2019-02-19 23:08:36 UTC

Using numbers, or days, or likes...

Andreia Bento, Portugal

andreiabento2 — 2019-02-19 23:56:14 UTC

When I still do not know the students well, or because of the change in the cycle, the students do not know each other well, I usually form some groups with relatively random criteria to observe how they interact with each other and how to work each one.
If we are doing work in which there will be specific assignments to be assigned, I will distribute them according to the characteristics of the students so that everyone feels motivated to contribute something they are good at the same time , feel challenged to leave their comfort zone and develop other skills.
Sometimes when there are no specific assignments, I let the students decide who they want to work with.
Recently, in a group where it was difficult to establish good group dynamics, I used sociometric techniques to form groups, thus ensuring that all students had at least one colleague with whom they felt comfortable working and who did not they had to work with that person in the class with whom they did not feel affinity.
I do not think there is a recipe ... everyone has to experience what works best in each situation, with each group of students, with each task ....

sevgi pınar TURKEY

2019-02-20 17:24:52 UTC

I devide my class in to 3 groups while we are learning unknown vocabulary study and each group recite the words while they are learning they hep each other and learn wocabularies in a short perod of time.

Josip, Croatia

2019-02-20 18:34:09 UTC

The easiest way is to make them pick up something - a piece of paper in different colour for example and to make them sit together divided by that criteria.

Ayla AKHAN;TURKEY

ayla_yegnidemir — 2019-02-20 18:53:58 UTC

I take students with different abilities in the same group, so I make a heterogeneous group, so they have completed each other's weaknesses.

isa çetin, TURKEY

2019-02-20 20:03:30 UTC

Creating groups of students with different abilities allows them to contribute to each other's learning. So instead of competing with each other, they complement each other.

Noelle

2019-02-20 20:12:50 UTC

I would divide my students into collaborative groups and keep them together for a term. That way they get used to working together but don't feel they are 'stuck' with someone for the whole year. Occasionally I would let them choose who they want to work with, or if they prefer thwork alone, for a quick activity.

Maria Amalia, Greece

maria_amaliav — 2019-02-20 20:16:25 UTC

It depends on the class and the task.Usually either by sitting arrangement or by chance

Rania, Greece

rlambou2 — 2019-02-20 21:42:16 UTC

I usually divide a group with students of mixed abilities.

Sónia Pereira, Portugal

soniapereira — 2019-02-21 00:13:59 UTC

Mixed abilities (cognitive and social)

Gamze Siper/Turkey

gamzesiper — 2019-02-21 10:19:35 UTC

I let them to arrange groups at the beginning of the year. But after a while they start to know each other. I try to realize who has leadership skills because most problems appear from this. If a group has a few students have leadership skills, they try to convince each other for a while but it turns to arguing. So I try to divide leaderships.

Maria Marrone, Italy

2019-02-22 17:29:20 UTC

I divide my students into heterogeneous groups, even if the groups are not rigidly closed, if needed everyone can offer their own actions to other groups.

Ania. Poland

anajas11 — 2019-02-22 21:18:18 UTC

It depends on what kind of tasks it is. Sometimes I divide by level of knowledge and skills, and sometimes I strengthen the weaker group of students who are able to give them a chance and show that they can, if they wish

Ayfer,Turkey

ayfer_4848tr — 2019-02-23 10:16:24 UTC

farklı yetenek ve ilgi alanlarına göre gruplar oluşturun.

Iva Naranđa, Croatia

2019-02-24 08:23:55 UTC

It depends on the task. Sometimes students divide themselves into groups according to their interests and preferences. For more complex tasks, I decide who will work in which group, depending on my previous observations and notes about the students.

Teresa, Portugal

tmoreira11_1 — 2019-02-24 10:21:46 UTC

I usually consider heterogeneous groups. I think that helps you better. I punctually formed homogeneous groups to work more closely with these students in order to overcome their difficulties

eylemgurkan — 2019-02-24 20:34:47 UTC

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Eylem GÜRKAN-Turkey

eylemgurkan — 2019-02-24 20:36:25 UTC

Since my students' age group is small, it is often difficult to create groups themselves. A group is getting a lot of participation. I've got a lot of participation in the group of the student whose dominant feature is dominant. If someone is missing, the desk is a little tired and when you say you're a foot, the student's motivation is increasing.

António Faria, Portugal

2019-02-25 01:37:39 UTC

Having students choose groups is always a handshake! Some students do not get involved in group formation and this is going to go wrong. So I have used online tools for random group creation and I do it in class, and it has been working fine.

Mevludiye TEKERKAYA, Turkey

2019-02-25 05:26:47 UTC

It depend on the subject of the lesson. Sometimes, I group them according to their interests, sometimes I want them to be grouped by themselves with who they want.

Marinka, Croatia

2019-02-25 12:15:21 UTC

It depend of tasks...
1.sometimes I wrot names of croatian writters (students take out of the box one paper with name) - If we have two groups one is poets another is writers
2. with numbers
3.Name of books
...

Amália, Rebolo

2019-02-25 13:37:03 UTC

I use peer nomination tests to verify relations in class. I also make skills evaluation. After I try to organize the groups taking into account that they can help each other and achieve better levels of practice (in physical education)

Damaris Constantin, Romania

2019-02-25 16:17:32 UTC

I try to have balanced groups by placing good students and low students in the same group. I also encourage the good students to help lower students.

I mostly

2019-02-25 16:31:50 UTC

I mostly balance the groups as some of the students are not good at completing the tasks. In order to help groups to achieve the success, it is necessary to make the group heterogene.

Maria P., Greece

petropouloum — 2019-02-25 21:19:37 UTC

At the beginning of the term I let students to create their own groups (usually they prefer their friends). Then, I create small groups with both “good” students and “low” students (level of knowledge), silent and shy students with those who talk too much. So, I achieve some kind of balance in the group.

Nina, Romania

petraru_olaru_nina — 2019-02-26 07:41:57 UTC

To divide my students in groups I use numbers, candies, names of countries. Sometimes I let them to choose their peers.

Marina, Serbia

marinastmircic — 2019-02-26 22:30:23 UTC

The students work in collaborative groups to prepare materials, decide the software and provide useful tools for the creation and organization of the video call.

Angela, Italy

2019-02-27 10:54:42 UTC

Sometimes I let the students form groups on the basis of their preferences, sometimes I put together students with different levels. I think it's important that they know how to work with everybody, not only with those who are sympathetic or clever.
Hi everyone!

Maria , Portugal

isabel_ribeiro00_ir — 2019-02-27 19:43:35 UTC

Most of the time it is the students who select the elements of the group. when I want more heterogeneity I make the groups.

different skilled individuals and one helpful pupil in each group.

oc_may_haz — 2019-03-14 20:44:26 UTC

bülent yavuz çelik

Dilay

dilay_tezgul — 2019-04-19 11:08:54 UTC

Technology

Nevzat CAN

projemaili2 — 2019-04-19 18:03:24 UTC

Digital learning

özden coşar türkiye

ozdencosar — 2019-05-14 11:23:55 UTC

dıgıtal learning

Clara Cuartero

2026-05-01 17:22:01 UTC

I usually divide students into mixed-ability groups so they can support each other and learn collaboratively. Sometimes I also let students choose groups for specific activities to increase motivation. What works best in my experience is combining both approaches: teacher-assigned groups for balance and student choice for engagement. I also try to keep groups small and assign roles to ensure everyone participates.