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Group Working with International Students- taking a transparent approach to collaborative learningJackie Willis & Dale Peterson, School of Life Sciences
Issues in group working
Monocultural groups
• Communication
• Co-operation
• Collaboration
Multicultural groups• Language barriers• promotes learning• Cultural issues• develops cultural
awareness• Inexperience• supports personal
development
UH – Problem based learning group work
• Training – induction programmes• Providing a ‘comfortable’ environment• Facilitation• Peer assessment + tutor assessment• Formative feedback• Transparency of individual contributions – wiki• Summative feedback
UH – Assessment
Evaluation – peer assessment & facilitator assessment
1 2 33.8
3.9
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
Peer Assessment Session
Ave Score/5
1 2 33.5
3.7
3.9
4.1
4.3
4.5
4.7
4.9
5.1
Peer Assessment Session
Ave Score/5
1 2 33.4
3.6
3.8
4
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
Peer Asessment Session
Ave Score/5
Evaluation – peer assessment & facilitator assessment
1 2 33.4
3.6
3.8
4
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
Peer Assessment session
Ave Score/5
1 2 32.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Peer Assessment Sessions
Ave Score/5
1 2 32.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Peer Assessment Session
Ave Score/5
Acknowledgements
• This work was supported through the CABLE4 project• Many thanks to other members of the CABLE4 team:
Rachel FoxRichard HoffmanShithal Kantheti
and Irene Anderson for her support through CABLE