Collaborative, Small Group Learning

Collaborative, small group learning engages students in groups of about 2-6 students with a learning experience where the initial parameters are often defined by the instructor.

When using collaborative, small group learning with your students consider the following:

What are you procedures for students on how they will behave and act when they are in their small groups.
Identify how your students will get into small groups.
Where will students work on their learning experience?
What materials, if any do students need for their learning activity?
What products will students have completed when they are done?
Will students be assigned specific roles?

Examples of collaborative, small group learning include but are not limited to:

Think-Pair-Share
Jigsaws
Numbered Heads Together
Roundtables
Discussions

Feel free to browse different examples of lessons and activities that highlight collaborative, small group learning below.

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Final Presentation

Second, the class will make a final, one-two hour, oral presentation of its solution in early December. This presentation will be open to the entire MIT community. In addition, a panel of experts will be invited to attend the presentation and to critique them in an open forum. Because it would be logistically difficult for everyone to speak during the presentation, the staff recommends that each team elect one member to join a presentation committee that will choreograph the final presentation. The committee member should not bear sole responsibility for the work involved in developing the presentation!
Final Website

First, the class must create a content-rich web site to describe and justify its overall design.
Final Project

The final project for class is a group project. It should, in the most general sense, explore in-depth an issue or problem in negotiation that interests you. As a starting point, you should be able to say what your point of departure is.
Design for Production

When designing a product that is to be produced beyond just the prototype stage, attention must be given to the resources that are available and to the sustainability of the manufacturing processes.

As a team, determine the appropriate scale of manufacturing for your project: will they be made in the tens, hundreds, or millions? What design changes will need to be made as you shift from manufacture of a single prototype to the production of multiple units?
Final Report

Design reports give design engineers the chance to catalog the design process, describe how they came to the decisions they came to, and explain the rationale behind those decisions. As a team, write a 10–15 page report describing your project.
Embodied Energy Evaluation

Embodied Energy Evaluation
Group Presentations

Students will be assigned to choose one material represented by each of the three case study groups: glass, metal, or rubber. Each group will research one aspect of the chosen material and make a group presentation at the end of the corresponding unit.
Final Project

Read the final project requirements. Think about what topic, datasets, and output technique you want to explore for your final project. This could be building on one of the sketches you did before, or starting something new.
Project of Change or Research Paper

Beginning in week four, students should form groups of not more than four students to work collaboratively on either 1) a final research paper or 2) a proposal for a project that responds to a contemporary issue in environmental justice. The project of change or research paper may be designed in collaboration with a local public agency or community-based organization, or by the team without outside consultation.
Case Question 5

Case Write-up Questions
The following selected case has questions to be addressed and written up. Students should work in teams of three to four. The questions address aspects of the case that need further analysis.

Case: "A Framework to Think About Pollution," Darden UV5687.

Comment the following Statement: Carbon Tax Markets have the chance to solve the property rights problem that exists in CO2 emissions.