Monitoring small groups in large groups

Video >> Group working session There is the sound of many conversations in the room as students work in small groups. Interview Do Coyle: “There may well be instances where you want to monitor what the students are discussing, but the presence of the teacher or tutor in a group affects what people are going …

Student roles in small groups

Video >> There is the sound of many conversations in the room as students work in small groups. Interviewer: “You did, on this occasion, ask for representatives to come out and share and that went very smoothly, and very well. Does it always?” Do Coyle: “Well, it’s partly dependent on the briefing, so we come …

How “small” is a “small group”?

Michael Humphreys:”I don’t think there is a critical size for a small group. We have tutorials with 20 to 25 per tutorial but I don’t see that as a small group. “For me a group of between 4 and 10 is about right for small group teaching, depending on the nature of the task.”   …

Managing the personal side of small group teaching

Video >> Pam: “You have to draw distinctions very much between the teacher and the assessor, and I think all of us have to change hats from time to time. You want to be supportive, you want to be encouraging you have to understand that somebody is having a bad day, that other things are …