Purpose Establish quickly a comfortable environment amongst total strangers through informal conversation in the completion of the task. Learn the names of other members of the tutorial group.
Preparation Bring sufficient strips of paper to class for each student to be offered five.
Below are some examples of stem starters, suitable responses and unsuitable responses. To make this a valuable social interaction that will help establish the group dynamics it is crucial to avoid writing responses that may be observed easily and do not require oral communication. A time limit is set. Participants attempt to link correctly each 'fact' to the person responsible for writing it. No direct questioning to ascertain the validity of the 'facts' is permitted.