[nabs-l] Finding members for group projects

[christopher nusbaum]

Suzanne,

On the first day of school I usually send an email to my teachers
asking them to send me the rosters for the classes I am in. Once they
have done this, I can read and refer back to a list of all the
students in my class. This allows me to have a list of names from
which to pick group members for these kinds of projects, as well as to
simply know who is in my class. Keep in mind that I am in high school,
but you should be able to do this also with your college professor.

Once I have a roster, I usually see if I know any of the kids in my
class. When we do group projects, I try to get partnered with students
I know so we can easily work together. However, if I do not know
anyone in the class or if the people I know already have partners, I
will just pick a random name from the class roster and go from there.
If it's a big class, I will sometimes ask the teacher or another
student if there is anyone who still has not joined a group or who
needs a partner. Once in a group, if I do not know the student(s) I am
working with, I will usually ask my group members to describe or read
material if this is necessary. Once the students get to know me, I
find that they will do this naturally without my asking. This is
especially important for group projects in science or math related
classes. I hope you will be able to use one or more of the above
suggestions in your group project. Best of luck.

Hope this helps,

Chris Nusbaum

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> On Sep 30, 2013, at 8:48 PM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
>
> I am forced to do a group project in my programming languages class.
>
> what methods do you prefer to find group members? The groups are 2-3 people.
>
> I do not know anybody in the class. I do not know if I have had any of
> these students in previous classes or if they are in any of my current
> classes.
>
> I sit in the front in the middle. There is an wide center aisle to my left.
> One person to my right and no body behind me for 3 rows. I sit at the
> larger desk meant for wheelchairs so I can use my laptop and cctv. The
> other seats are the kind with the little desk that flips up from beside you
> that isn't even big enough for a sheet of paper. Anyway I haven't spoken to
> anyone in class. No one really talk before class aside form a couple that
> obviously know each other outside of the class.
>
> I can be very social for example where I did my internship because we were
> all introduced to each other and I worked on small projects with a couple
> of people at a time.
>
> I am not good at just taking to someone in a classroom for no reason. I
> also feel I don't really fit in since i am 49 not 18-20.
>
> I only want to work with those who also want A's.
>
> Suzanne
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