HOW TO: FACILITATE YOUR OWN STUDY GROUP Pre-Group o Take Initiative Meet with the professor about starting a group. Professors may help guide your topic choice. o Be.
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HOW TO:
FACILITATE YOUR
OWN STUDY GROUP
Pre-Group
o Take Initiative
Meet with the professor about starting a
group.
Professors may help guide your topic
choice.
o Be Decisive
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Establish time & public meeting place;
let others know details.
o Think About It
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If possible, could you make an
announcement in class? Would the
professor send a mass email to the
students with study group information?
Could you collect emails and then send
a mass email?
How do YOU get the word out?
o Create Objectives
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Group must have purpose.
Use four topics/questions/concerns as
a guideline.
o Be Consistent
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Don’t get discouraged if the group isn’t
popular at first.
Keep meeting time & place consistent.
Announce the group in class every two
weeks? Before tests?
Think QUALITY (of session) over
QUANITITY (of attendees).
During Group
Be in Charge
Be a leader early on in the group.
Lead enough to get things started,
then…
Be Calm
Work together towards group
objectives.
Allow for tangents.
Remember: objectives are a GUIDE,
not the RULE.
What YOU Know
Draw on current knowledge.
Build on concepts that everyone
grasps.
Use that information to better
understand more difficult information.
What you DON’T Know
What questions do group members have?
What don’t you know?
Is that info important?
Ask?
What happens when group members
conflict? Use this to move toward group
consensus.
Ask professor to clarify those concepts
which the group is struggling.
After Group/ End of Session
What Now?
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Review? Summarize?
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Plan another session?
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Try to schedule around tests/quizzes.
Visit All-Campus Tutoring?
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What was covered?
Relate that to upcoming topics.
They may be able to help!
Visit with the professor?
o
Ask for clarification.
“How To” Facilitate Your Own
Study Group
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