Look for common problems that arise in group work to determine which intervention is best.
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Have students call on each other to encourage discussion rather than performance.
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Incentivize and facilitate study groups to normalize students learning from each other outside of class.
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Incentivize posting or answering questions online to extend the community outside of the classroom.
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Specify appropriate and inappropriate forms of collaboration to help students identify opportunities to collaborate.
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Assign low-stakes group assignments early in the semester to ensure everyone knows at least one person in the class.
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Arrange chairs in a circle to ensure all students can see the speaker.
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Break the class into smaller groups to allow students to have more opportunities to contribute.
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Use think-pair-share to increase the frequency of interaction.
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Encourage students to use other students’ names to facilitate more of a sense of community.
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