GROUPS METHODOLOGY
3-They encourage collaborative work and promote sensitivity towards less skilled
mates.
4-They improve fine school atmosphere and increase positive relationships among
the students.
5-They train kids to adjust tasks to be solved to a specific given time .
It is now the third year our school displays IGs work. Subjects and school levels dealt
with this pedagogical approach have been grown over this time, and while in the
beginning it was only on some groups of the school in which IGs procedures were
applied, the present school year IGs practice is currently running from Infants 1st
Level (3 year-old) up to Primary 6th Level (12 year- old), which means the whole
school age sections, being the curricular areas worked Mathematics and Language,
plus English for those of Primary 5th and 6th Levels.
● Conflict resolution: Each one have their own ideas and children should learn how to
deal with other people who think differently and reach arrangements.
● Empathy: Groups are made of heterogeneous individuals. The most skilled students
share with the other ones their abilities.
● Listening skills and active listening: Since IGs is based mostly on oral communication
among students, it requires a development of active listening skills.
Conclusion:
In a nutshell, Interactive Groups aim at reducing competitiveness and foster solidarity
working cooperatively. They are conceived to provide all the students with the same
education and future opportunities. To get this, low achievers are not segregated from their
regular class group. All the needed resources are introduced in the classroom to guarantee
that they can continue their education with the highest possible expectations.
At the same time, pupils with high abilities also benefit from this type of grouping. It is
through dialogue that further excellence is achieved. Therefore, students already achieving
better results also learn more because they are explaining the subjects to their schoolmates.
This practice contributes to the consolidation of knowledge, as well as, it improves
communicative competence and practicing of values.
At this regard, Interactive Groups, in our school, have been proved to be a successful form
of classroom organization able to cope with diversity and have a positive impact on all
students’ achievement.