How does this proverb relate to being involved in groupwork? Can you think of a Russian equivalent?

You probably know that people are communicating all the time with their bodies as well as their words, whether intentionally or unintentionally. In fact, people who study communication say that people receive and understand your communication due to:

· 7% - verbal language (the words you use)

· 38% - paralanguage (what goes along with the words: pitch[1], vocal resonance, articulation, tempo[2], volume[3], rhythm, etc.

· 55% - non-verbal body language

In groups of three/four decide on a most remarkable event in the history of psychology and prepare a presentation on it. Think of a plan for organizing and working on the project. How will you share the responsibilities? Who will be a presenter? Who will take care of visual aids, etc? Think about the timing.

Your group mates and you yourself will assess the work with a rubric.

What is a rubric? It is a scoring scale that lists the criteria for a piece of work. So a rubric for a project will list the things the student must have included receiving a certain score or rating. Rubrics help the student understand how their project will be assessed.

Generally rubrics specify the level of performance expected for several levels of quality. These levels of quality may be written as different ratings (e.g., Excellent, Good, Needs Improvement) or as numerical scores (e.g., 4, 3, 2, 1) which are then added up to form a total score.

Rubrics can help students and teachers define "quality". Rubrics can also help students judge and revise their own work before handing in their assignments.

· As a whole class work out a Presentation Rubric (the beginning has been done for you). Which other criteria of the task accomplishment should be included?

Presentation Rubric

Content
Structure
….

This site can help you create a rubric

http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

Suggested topics: Behaviorism; Functionalism; Humanistic Psychology; Cognitive psychology; Evolutionary Psychology; Multiple Perspective of Psychology Today; Women in Psychology; Ethics and Psychology, etc)

Sites to explore:

www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/p/ps/psychology.html

http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/history.shtml

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072849657/student_view0/timeline.html

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS

Read the article and answer the questions below

What is the main idea of the text?

Does the article explain why work in pairs is not as effective?

What type of problems can be better solved in small groups?

What do you think of group work?

Can you say from personal experience when pair work is effective and efficient enough?