TYPES OF GROUP
CONTROLLED
INSTRUCTION
Introduction:
When instruction is organised in
such a manner that students carry out the
instructional activities together in a group
it is called group controlled instruction.
TYPES OF GROUP CONTROLLED
INSTRUCTION
Group interactive session
Co-operative learning
Group investigation learning
Group project work
Group interactive session
This teaching technique involves dividing the class into
small groups, each consisting of five or six students and
assigning them different topics or sub-topics of a subject
and ask the group members to discuss among themselves
the content elements of the topic/sub-topic assigned
to their group and engage in learning activities.
Types of interactive groups
Learning cycle group
Co-operative group
Peer group
I) Learning cycle group technique
Based on the learning ability of the students,the
class could be divided into equated groups of
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the subject will be assigned to the different groups.
Studentsshould be asked to discuss and learn the
contents of the [Link] 10 or 15
minutes,the sub-topics will be rotated among the
groups.
2) Co-operative group technique
In this method, students in the class with
different abilities will be divided into groups,
each with 5 or 6 [Link] group will have a
few students in each category.A particular
segment in the lesson will be given to all the
groups.
3) Peer group technique
In this technique, close friends in a class will be
allowed to function as a 'learning group’.Three
or four such groups will be formed and a
particular segment of a lesson will be given for
discussion to all the groups.
Uses of group interactive session
Students learn through mutual interactions.
Gifted students,teach other students in their
group are helpful to the teacher.
Thisteaching technique is effective for review
and revision.
Limitations of group interactive session
Slow learners in the group may not take active
part in the group discussion.
Itmay be difficult to supervise all the groups
involved in discussion at the same time and give
needed guidance.
Co-operative learning
Itis a learning process which provides students to
get opportunities to learn in a group by forming a
number of teams , each consisting of a small
number of students of different levels of ability for
understanding the concept . They share their
knowledge, understanding and application of tbe
different aspects of the content material,or the
course units and attain prefixed level of learning
proficiency.
Advantages of cooperative learning
Students learn better in a cooperative
environment as it helps to keep them away from
the stress of competing with others and excel.
Cooperative learning promotes group feeling and
reduces students anxiety.
Cooperative learning develops healthy
interactions among students.
It promotes leadership qualities among students.
Limitations of cooperative learning
Teachermay fear that due to their less of control
and authority on students.
Mostof the schools may not have the necessary
curriculum materials.
Studentswho are shy by nature do not like to
interact with fellow students and get clarification
when in doubt.
GROUP INVESTIGATION LEARNING
Thestudents in the class will be divided into
several groups each with 3 or 4 students and each
group will be given a phenomenon or event as the
subject matter for [Link] group will
investigate the learning assignment and submit its
report.
Uses of group investigation learning
This technique utilizes students curiosity to
investigate any phenoma.
As students involvement is more in this type of
learning becomes easier .
This technique could be used in all classes.
Itpromotes abilities like logical thinking,
analyzing,the collected data .
It promotes leadership qualities.
Limitations of group investigation
method
It requires students involvement more.
It increases the workload of the teacher.
Itis not suitable to classes where learning
abilities are found to be low.
Group project work
This is yet another design of cooperative learning
Instead of dividing the students in the class into
several teams and giving each team a project,all
the students in a class may join together as a
team and take up a project may be identified and
shared by the groups among themselves,each
consisting 5 or 6 students and complete the whole
project.
Advantages of group project work
As it promotes rapport,sense of equality, ability
to function cooperatively involvement in school
events etc…
Itdevelops social values and school norms among
the students.
Itdevelops in students the quality of undertaking
any job with full involvement.
Limitations of group project work
This teaching technique is not suitable to teach
all subject topics.
It is more expensive and time consuming.
Teacher’s continuous monitoring is necessary.
Only a few in the group will work with sincerity .
Conclusion
Group activities enables students to discover
deeper meaning in the content and improve
thinking [Link] most effective use of group
work is that which engages students with higher-
level content that is thought provoking.
