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Lab Group Accountability
Started about 6 years ago by Matt Perekupka.
In effort to increase collaboration and student accountability when students are working in groups for lab I came up an idea for assigning very specific roles for each group member. To reduce the amount of chemicals used and waste, I have been allowing students to work in larger groups (4 students). Naturally, I am running into more issues with, "this person isn't doing anything", than I did when I had the students work in pairs. I created this idea that each lab group of 4 is a company, and every team member is assigned very specific roles (Writer, Editor, Data Analyst, and Project Manager) for each lab assignment. The roles rotate every week to ensure each student has the opportunity to complete every role. The students are even required to come up with a company logo and "work schedule" (the role rotation schedule). The method requires students to peer review each others work, lead, and evaluate each other. I posted the document which outlines the roles of each team member. I was just hoping to get some feedback before I try it out with my students before the end of the school year.
Chemistry Lab.docx