Education In America

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what the teacher gives us. Who says that all information is actually valid, how do we know until we, the students, actually do it. If a student reads in a text that a certain plant when eaten tastes sweet and another tastes bitter the students are then supposed to take for granted that what the text says and what the teacher says are correct. So how do we genuinely recognize two different tastes? Test it out for ourselves in a group session.
Researchers report that, regardless of the subject matter, students working in small groups tend to learn more of what is taught and retain it longer than when the same content is presented in other instructional formats.
Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching
Group work allows multiple input into one area of study or topic and thus allows the group to come to a consensus or understanding on that topic.
Group work has been tossed around for years now. In the medical field is where group consensus originated. Doctors found that having an ...

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