Group Formation: During the first meeting of your laboratory section, you will become a member of a Cooperative Learning Group. This will be done at random but with an effort to include epresentatives of more than one gender and graduating class in each group Your Responsibility as a student will be to exercise commitment to God, to professor, and to your peers in BIo 100 as outlined on page 2 of your syllabus. Commitment to peers will include the class as a whole, and your group in particular. Although you may not have chosen to be in the group with your three partners, you will allow God to use to be an effective member of that te experience in group work which will prepare you for most vocations where team efforts are so vital to success Group Activities: Cooperative learning will be used in BIO 100 in the following ways Your group will choose a topic, decide upon your strategy, then proceed to gather information and prepare your written and oral report as outlined in a future handout 2. Cooperation in Laboratory Learning: In some weekly laboratory investigations, division of responsibilities within the group will be encouraged wherein, each member shows/explains/teaches other group members what he/she has learned 3. Cooperative Learning in Lecture and in Completing Assignments: Optionally, you may want to arrange to sit with your cooperative learning group in lecture and to plan study sessions outside of class. Please be flexible to allow members the option of studying independently. Ultimately, each of you will need to individually read and study Quality Factors: You will be encouraged to develop skills in the following elements of 1. Positive Interdependence: Our responsibility is to give your group a clear task or group goal which demands cooperation to complete a task that is too complex for one person Your success as a group will grow as you learn to cooperate and draw upon the strengths of each member EVALUATION: Group is asked to turn in written work. 2. Individual Accountability: Each member is responsible to make efforts to contribute Commit yourself to making your group successful. EVALUATION: Individuals or cooperative learning group turns in a quiz, summary, or an oral response 3. Teamwork Skills: Leadership, decision-making, trust-building, communication, -these skills must be learned just as science content is learned. Each member should be godly and gracious to accept and encourage others. EVALUATION Be honest and talk to each other about strengths, weaknesses, etc. We will be glad to meet with your group to help resolve concerns in a biblical manner. You may be aske as a group to report on"how dynamics'are going OBSERVED BEHAVIOR-active participation, encouraging, elaborating by all membersGroup Formation: During the first meeting of your laboratory section, you will become a member of a Cooperative Learning Group. This will be done at random but with an effort to include representatives of more than one gender and graduating class in each group. Your Responsibility as a student will be to exercise commitment to God, to professor, and to your peers in BIO 100 as outlined on page 2 of your syllabus. Commitment to peers will include the class as a whole, and your group in particular. Although you may not have chosen to be in the group with your three partners, you will allow God to use you to be an effective member of that team, and in so doing, gain valuable experience in group work which will prepare you for most vocations where team efforts are so vital to success. Group Activities: Cooperative learning will be used in BIO 100 in the following ways: 1. Biological Issues and Our Society (BIOS) have been a part of BIO 100 for many years. Your group will choose a topic, decide upon your strategy, then proceed to gather information and prepare your written and oral report as outlined in a future handout. 2. Cooperation in Laboratory Learning: In some weekly laboratory investigations, division of responsibilities within the group will be encouraged wherein, each member shows/explains/teaches other group members what he/she has learned. 3. Cooperative Learning in Lecture and in Completing Assignments: Optionally, you may want to arrange to sit with your cooperative learning group in lecture and to plan study sessions outside of class. Please be flexible to allow members the option of studying independently. Ultimately, each of you will need to individually read and study. Quality Factors: You will be encouraged to develop skills in the following elements of cooperative learning: 1. Positive Interdependence: Our responsibility is to give your group a clear task or group goal which demands cooperation to complete a task that is too complex for one person. Your success as a group will grow as you learn to cooperate and draw upon the strengths of each member. EVALUATION: Group is asked to turn in written work. 2. Individual Accountability: Each member is responsible to make efforts to contribute. Commit yourself to making your group successful. EVALUATION: Individuals or cooperative learning group turns in a quiz, summary, or an oral response. 3. Teamwork Skills: Leadership, decision-making, trust-building, communication, conflictmanagement –these skills must be learned just as science content is learned. Each member should be godly and gracious to accept and encourage others. EVALUATION: Be honest and talk to each other about strengths, weaknesses, etc. We will be glad to meet with your group to help resolve concerns in a biblical manner. You may be asked as a group to report on “how ‘group dynamics’ are going.” OBSERVED BEHAVIOR – active participation, encouraging, elaborating by all members