Saturday, September 21, 2013

"The Marshmallow Challenge" Reflection - Equal Participation

We had another great week of intermediate community building in the four classes. All four teachers were quite impressed with the level of conversation regarding our "marshmallow challenge" debrief and reflection. We centered these conversations around the social and collaborative skill of "equal participation". Effective group work relies HEAVILY on equal participation. Please watch the TEDTalk below regarding collaboration and effective group work. Isn't it interesting that the study found that kindergarten students often obtained the best (and most creative) results?


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3 comments:

  1. Jonathan MiletteSeptember 25, 2013 at 8:07 PM

    I agree, Tony the Awesome Dude.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2013 at 2:50 PM

    I love the fact that Kindergarten children had one of the tallest structure. They still know how to think outside the box. Marshmallow first!

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  3. UnknownOctober 2, 2013 at 5:28 PM

    Sometimes it's not about the knowledge you have acquired but about your ability to collaborate and perform under pressure (18 minutes).

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