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Developing Group-working Skills

Group-working skills
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Group-working skills

This article for teachers suggests a range of activities to help children get better at working in groups.
Number match
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Number match

Age
5 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.
Fraction Match
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Fraction Match

Age
5 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group noticing the needs of others and responding.

En-counters
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En-counters

Age
5 to 7
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This task requires learners to explain and help others, asking and answering questions.
Guess the houses
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Guess the houses

Age
5 to 7
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This task depends on learners sharing reasoning, listening to opinions, reflecting and pulling ideas together.
Counters in the middle
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Counters in the middle

Age
7 to 11
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This task depends on groups working collaboratively, discussing and reasoning to agree a final product.

What shape?
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What shape?

Age
7 to 14
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This task develops spatial reasoning skills. By framing and asking questions a member of the team has to find out what mathematical object they have chosen.
Arranging cubes
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Arranging cubes

Age
7 to 11
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A task which depends on members of the group working collaboratively to reach a single goal.