Scott,
I see
by your sig line that you teach 7th grade. There may be others, but you
are the first K-12 teacher I have heard of using all the main pieces of
TBL.
What
have you learned from adapting it to younger folks?
The
social pressures and social skills of younger students are no doubt different
than adults. I am curious: has this made much of a
difference?
-M
Individuals rate their team members during the peer
evaluation. But I take the average for every member and place it on a scale.
with a 10 translating into a B-, and Higher scores sometimes translating into
a 100% + extra credit.
I also have leaders vocally recognize their top
achievers for every major project (composed of 4-5 mini projects) at their
culminating poster session , this translates into 1 homework
pass.
Another thing I do is I have a jar set out for every class.
Students are encouraged to recognize peers who have gone above and beyond the
call of duty in some way by writing their name & what they did on a slip
of paper and putting it in the jar. All names are read out loud at the end of
the week.
Scott Kubista-Hovis
7th grade Life Science
Teacher
Hayfield Secondary School
Alexandria, VA
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