26 October 2009

Group 5 Mod 4 Math Class Group Project

I apologize for the lack of formatting - especially in the team eval and team log. Neither of our charts would copy into the blog post.
Study guide for Geometry
A team project
The main goal of this project is to teach on-line high school Geometry students how to collaborate with other on-line students by working in groups. A secondary goal is to help students develop good study habits. Each team will accomplish this by creating a study guide for all students in the class to use for preparation for the Geometry midterm.
Students will be divided into teams of two or three students and each group will be assigned one unit of the first five Geometry units to prepare a study guide for.
Each individual student within the team will be responsible for putting key concepts together for several lessons within the unit and then as a group the team will combine each individual lesson into a whole unit for the study guide. Each team will place their unit of the study guide on the class blog and also submit it to the instructor. Once all units of the study guide have been completed, then the instructor will make the completed study guide available online for all students to review.
Team members may use WIMBA communication, internet chat, teleconferencing, and email for their collaboration. After each team meeting one team member, selected by the team, will be responsible for filling out the team log. The team log will cover what was accomplished during the team meeting and will be submitted to the instructor. At least three meetings and team logs are required for this project.
After the team has submitted their final section of the study guide to the instructor, each individual team member will be required to fill out a team member evaluation document. The document will allow each team member to evaluate the other team members in their team by grading how they feel each team member contributed to the overall success of the team project.
Each student’s grade for this project will be based on the final team submission as well as each individual team member’s participation. 50% of the student’s grade will be based on the team submission and 50% will be the individual team member’s participation score, which will be determined by the team logs, and team evaluations submitted to the instructor.

TEAM EVALUATION
Name_______________________________________ Date ___________________
USING THE SCALE BELOW, INDIVIDUALLY RATE EACH MEMBER OF YOUR LEARNING TEAM, INCLUDING YOURSELF.
1 = Strongly Disagree 2 = Disagree 3 = Agree 4 = Strongly Agree
Name of Learning Team Member:
Preparation
Research, reading, and assignment complete
Attendance
On-time and stayed for duration
Participation
Contributed best academic ability
Interpersonal Relations
Positive and productive
Between Meeting Communication
Initiated and responded appropriately
Overall Contribution score:

Individual Questions for Reflection
1. What are the most important concepts you have learned from this group experience?
2. How will you use this learning to improve both personally and academically?


Team Log
Group: _________________________Submission Date: ______________
Course: ________________________________________________________
Instructor:______________________________________________________
Meeting Type:
_____ In-Person _____ E-mail
_____ Internet Chat _____ Teleconference
_____Other ________________________________________________
Student Name (printed)
X = Participated
Learning Objectives and Assigned Tasks
Activities and Outcomes

Students’ Responsibility: Participation in Learning Team activities is an important factor in determining each student’s final course grade. Team members should work together to complete this form and submit it at the workshop following the team meeting. The log should provide details regarding the meeting, the attendance/participation of members, the results and actions of the team, and reflections regarding how the team process might be improved.
Plus/Delta Exercise: What went well? What didn't go well? What will we do differently next time?
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1 comment:

HollyG said...

I like this idea and have done a variation of it in my science classroom (not online). The students work really hard when they are the ones doing the teaching. I think it will be great for a study guide idea, especially when the kids have to learn to edit and focus on only what is important.