1. Why is it important to use teams in PBL?
Problem Based Learning mimics real life situations that students may encounter. Working in team or working collaboratively are skills they will need to use later in life such as job assignments and college group presentations. Since PBL strives to make the scenario as real as possible, using teams is a logical choice.
2. What are some of the problems you see in student teams?
Possible problems that may occur in student teams include clashing of personalities, students who do the work and students who do not, time management, conflicts in how to do the assignment, and who is the leader and assigns each person a job.
3. What strategies can you use to manage conflict in student teams?
Assign a leader for each task or week, use peer and self evaluations, and have students talk it out with the teacher as the mediator (not the problem solver. Students need to learn to resolve conflicts on their own sometimes).
4. Did the group have any questions or problems this week?
Not really.
Not really.
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