When teams connect new ideas to their past knowledge and experiences, they draw from personal understanding for a deeper response. Allow for distinctive roles for each student. For example, one student may record, another ensure that all students participate, another organizes Internet searches, another gathers creative responses from all participants. Encourage additional queries. We teach students to ask each other follow-up questions about each topic in order to tap into deeper responses.
Students can learn to probe each other through sets of questions they compile.
Ask them to hand in lists of questions they create and add your own queries to their lists. Vary the techniques used for moving toward answers. These might include humor, group competition, or mock interviews to respond to real world problems. Allow students to create visuals such as charts, boards, overheads, and diagrams that students can use for presenting their ideas. The second phase for successful group formation relates to creating goals for each group assignment.