The instructors will assign students to the work groups and the composition of these groups will change for each topic covered during the course. This position paper will be submitted on the last lecture class devoted to the topic. On this final day for each topic, we will have a general class discussion in which we compare and debate the conclusions reached by the groups. The group has to decide which learning tasks should be pursued by everyone, and which should be assigned to individuals or pairs. To help students find needed information, relevant pages on the class web site will give a strong start on internet sources.
Students are free to research as far afield as they feel appropriate.
Students must also decide how they want to allocate responsibility for writing for the position paper among the group members. While the students are meeting as workgroups in the classroom, the instructors will circulate among the groups. We will mainly listen, we will ask questions or recommend actions if we think it will help move you forward, and we will answer questions. In this context, we are there to facilitate the process by which you work out the problems. We are not there to give you answers.