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I believe our group work is going well. We haven’t had many meetings concerning bringing all the work together, but people have been working had individually as noted in the annotated bibliography. One complaint is that in the agreement we said that the annotated bibliography would be completed by the Sunday before the due date, when in actuality two members did not add their work to the group until the day the assignment was due. However, this is minor in the larger scheme since it was completed and submitted on time. We have made plans to come together next week to work on the project together and how and where everyone’s contribution will be placed. Overall I don’t have much to complain about as communication and work ethic are good. I

Secondly, I want to mention our group climate. In my opinion, our group has a supportive climate. Each member is willing to help other members in the group to complete their tasks. Our group favors description compared to evaluation. Instead of criticizing others’ behaviors and ideas, we often tell our feelings about problems. All the group members always encourage each other to share their opinions and feelings with the group. Even though some opinions are too conflicting, the main purpose is trying to give all the members equal opportunities to talk about their ideas. Thus, the success of the group is the consequence from the equal contributions of all the members. Besides, in most of the discussions of our group, we are oriented toward problem solving; therefore, we look for the consensus of the ideas in order to solve the problems effectively and quickly. Because our group has many members who have senses of humor, we always maintain an interesting and comfortable atmosphere to gain assertiveness in the group. Sometimes, Ngoc and Phong share their experiences of how they solve their families’ problems. Through perceiving more deeply about each member’s own life, we have gradually gotten closer together; therefore, we are always honest and open to each other. Also, we do not criticize when a group member cannot finish his or her task as expected because there are always personal issues out of the class. In addition to

Working in a group to achieve a high quality group project can be one of people’s most difficult school experiences. Working in a group is tough because there is often someone who does not pull their own weight. “There are five stages to group development, adjourning, forming, storming, performing, and norming” (John & Wiley pg 166). Christine’s group from the Case Study the Forgotten Group Member is in between the Storming and Norming Stages. The Storming Stage “is dealing with tensions and defining group tasks,” while the Norming Stage is dealing with high emotionality and tension among the group members” (John & Wiley pg. 166). Christine and her group could have had better

The way that we all worked good together in a team was because that we all decided to think about the type of activities that we should do and then form this we then decided to at least think of two different activities in order to choose which one is the best one to choose, after we then came in a group to discuss what types of resources that we would need to be able to use to be able to complete the activities so that we can lead them to the year 8 students. Then after this we then gathered all the work and then went to an allocated room to be able to see if the activities that we choose would be enjoyable and this was also a test run to see if they would work. After this we then decided that when it was time for the students to come in we would welcome them and then begin, after the introduction we then decided that everyone would work in groups of two to be able to lead the session to the students, after each activity we then asked each student if they enjoyed each activity to see if we could get positive or negative feedback from them in order to improve next time. After all the activities were done then we gave each year 8 student some prizes to let them know that they worked well in a team together.

In the marshmallow group activity that we had, I learned a lot of things that will be beneficial for my success in my eighth grade year. There were many things that went well and things that didn’t go well. And from these observations, I can directly find ways to change my views on collaboration for my eighth grade school year to be successful.

1.During the course of this activity I felt left out; I wanted to share or feel apart of the decision making processes, but whenever I went to speak my throat went dry and I just couldn’t speak due to being so nervous. So during the activity I observed everyone and the decision being made; it was interesting to watch from the side lines, but I wish I could of been more helpful during the activity.

Everyone in the group participated from planning to presentation. I played the role of the progress communication and coordination of the project. I also played of assigning responsibilities to everyone in the group such as who is doing the game, who is bringing the necessary materials for the project, who brings fruit as a treat to the children after the presentation. I planned when we need to meet and work on the project such as setting the time and place. Lastly I helped in the poster constructions, and picture presentation. My partners, did a tremendous and excellent

An important part of our learning and growing experience must stem from our ability to analyze and reflect upon the groups that we have been members in. This reflection can define our understanding of the weaknesses both in ourselves and in the others within our group; and it can help to shape the way that we act in future groups. Adjusting ourselves to compensate for our weaknesses, based upon an honest and thorough examination of our actions within a group setting, is one of most important thing for any person to do. It is only through this evaluation that we can improve ourselves and our interactions with others. This paper will examine a group that was required to make an important decision about adding a new member

The activity was about identifying the properties of quadrilateral shapes, the goal of the activity was identifying and understanding properties of all quadrilateral shapes and to evaluate themselves at the end of activity. I put leader in each group, then I asked each leader to monitor the performance his team.

During my groups discussion we had started off with discussing what we thought about Toni Morrison’s speech. As many of us did not have a good understanding of what Morrison’s main arguments were, we decided to take turns explaining what we knew and took from the video. Next we had a debate on weather Morrison’s speech was more artful or authentic. As one of the group members had thought it was authentic, me and another group member had discussed why we thought that it would be artful. After explaining we had all concluded that Morrison’s speech was more artful due to the fact that it was trying to revise human identity. I believe that this week I got to contribute more to the group discussion and that we have a pretty good system going on here. As me and another member of the group brainstorm ideas, the third member really puts all the pieces of our ideas together. I believe that the group really respected my ideas and helped me organize my thoughts.

For performances of our group members, I satisfy with performance of every member. Everyone did their best in each task. We tried to do the best as much as we can. We knew that it had limited time to do this group assignment because we also had another subject’s report, so we had to use that limited time as affective as we can. It made me learn how to take time out.

The group discussion has just passed, and it was really a hard work and challenging. There were many precious lessons I got, and, hopefully, so did with my friends. Our group was consisting of four students. As a quantity, reasonably, we had had enough power to do a better work and gained a satisfying result. As I flashed back to the group discussion, it was enriching my memories. Some were in high spirit, remarkable and enjoyable. Opposite to it, few were disappointing.

The things I will have done differently in the group was to use my time wisely. I believe because we were on a time frame, I tended to rush things just to say okay where done. Also, more support and trust at a point of time I was kind of second guessing another idea. I feel that you have to have trust in your group member to make it effective.

Being involved in a group project was a challenge for me, due to the fact that we had some communication problems between our group members in the beginning. First of all, we started with a brainstorming, analysing the opportunities of companies around Hendon Central. More than this, we agreed on the same firm and started our work. Within a teamwork, there are some challenges that occur such as remaining focused on a direction, splitting equally the work and choosing a good leader. Bearing all this in mind, I might say that we did our best during the presentation and we coped with the minor communication issues. From this experience, I realized that I am a good leader and I can manage efficiently a project.

In conclusion, this class has changed my perspective about working in a group. Since my prior experience with groups was so unsettling, I believed that all groups were going to be the same. However, this class has made it possible to believe that there are groups that respect and take into consideration other members’