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Education

raccoon

(31,518 posts) Tue Jun 25, 2013, 11:51 AM Jun 2013

To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: [View all]

If you assign small group assignments—do you assign students to groups, or let them choose their own groups?

What is your reason(s) for doing it that way?

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To all teachers at any level, K- Ph.D: [View all] raccoon Jun 2013 OP

always allowed students to choose groups for themselves DrDan Jun 2013 #1

It depends on what strategy I'm implementing, content, and student grouping. knitter4democracy Jun 2013 #2

I assign groups in almost all circumstances.... mike_c Jun 2013 #3

At the high school level, I assign them. mbperrin Jun 2013 #4

There is no singular solution, it depends upon the group of learners. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #5

Yes, and yes. LWolf Jun 2013 #6

In Special Ed... depending upon the degree of impairment... you can't really let the kids... Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #7

It depends. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #8