Student Quotes
“Collaborating with my groups throughout the year have always helped me grow. I've learned a lot from other members in my groups and I think other group members have learned from me. The group roles were helpful as well because we were able to have something to "add" or "contribute" to the conversation. When working with groups, we also questioned each other a lot about the problems which helped us to grow our brains. Finally, I think that working with different groups throughout the year has definitely helped me to grow my math and collaboration skills.”
"I really liked working with groups. Its very helpful because your able to learn from others. I also like the group roles because I can see how these skills will help me in the future. I also think when I'm working in a group and I get the opportunity to help one of my classmates it makes me feel better about myself. I also really enjoy to be skeptical, I enjoy this because I found that it helps me understand the problem more. This is why I enjoy working in groups"
"I love the group roles it just gives a chance to improve on things that relate to the real world, Collaborating with others was good because you would get questioned or you might turn to another method, Questioning others was the best part for me because it taught me to always not believe what is heard but to question and ask for evidence and learning from others is helpful because mistakes from them helps them and the class grow."
"I really like collaborating with others because it gives me another perspective on the problem to help me grow and to see how others think is really amazing. Also, I like how we were all respectful of each other and let each other speak and understand somebody else´s point of view"
"Working with others this year has really helped me improve a lot on how I collaborate with others. I think that the group roles were always there to remind us how we should be collaborating together and they helped us stay on task. I also liked that in our group whenever someone was confused about a problem we would all helped the student feel comfortable with the problem we were solving. I think that questioning others is very good for us because we are encouraged to question there methods and not just all of us solve the problem the same way they did because it seems correct."
"During the year and working with groups is a really good idea because you get to learn from other people and get to listen to each others ideas. I really liked the group roles because it gave people opportunities to have a responsibility for the teams and have a certain area where they all work together and use the roles properly. "
“I really like the way we collaborate with our group in this class because not only are we correcting each other but we're gaining new ideas and making connections to one another.”
"I really liked working with groups. Its very helpful because your able to learn from others. I also like the group roles because I can see how these skills will help me in the future. I also think when I'm working in a group and I get the opportunity to help one of my classmates it makes me feel better about myself. I also really enjoy to be skeptical, I enjoy this because I found that it helps me understand the problem more. This is why I enjoy working in groups"
"I love the group roles it just gives a chance to improve on things that relate to the real world, Collaborating with others was good because you would get questioned or you might turn to another method, Questioning others was the best part for me because it taught me to always not believe what is heard but to question and ask for evidence and learning from others is helpful because mistakes from them helps them and the class grow."
"I really like collaborating with others because it gives me another perspective on the problem to help me grow and to see how others think is really amazing. Also, I like how we were all respectful of each other and let each other speak and understand somebody else´s point of view"
"Working with others this year has really helped me improve a lot on how I collaborate with others. I think that the group roles were always there to remind us how we should be collaborating together and they helped us stay on task. I also liked that in our group whenever someone was confused about a problem we would all helped the student feel comfortable with the problem we were solving. I think that questioning others is very good for us because we are encouraged to question there methods and not just all of us solve the problem the same way they did because it seems correct."
"During the year and working with groups is a really good idea because you get to learn from other people and get to listen to each others ideas. I really liked the group roles because it gave people opportunities to have a responsibility for the teams and have a certain area where they all work together and use the roles properly. "
“I really like the way we collaborate with our group in this class because not only are we correcting each other but we're gaining new ideas and making connections to one another.”
