Student 2 is responsible for seeing that the steps of the activity are followed. Student 3 is responsible for making observations, recording data, and taking minutes as the activity progresses. Student 4 is responsible for overseeing the writing of the group report. Specify the group NAME . Specify the SIZE of the group.
Group work is really hands on work where the brain and the body are actively engaged.
The mind cannot forget what the hand has learned. However, we need to caution that having students do activities, just for the sake of doing activities, is not learning. In his 42 years of studying children, Jean Piaget discovered Students do not learn by doing activities. They learn by thinking about what they are doing. So naturally, any group activity needs to include sharing and discussion of what each group discovered and learned.