The class is divided into two equal groups. The students sit on the courtiers that are arranged in a double circle. The students who sit in the outer circle facing
inwards and those of the inner circle sit facing another students in the outer circle move on one chair and now have a new partner to continue the discussion.
g. Star Six groups try to find solution of a problem. Each group elects a speaker.
Then the speaker joins with the other speakers from the other groups to form a new group to continue the discussion.
h. Opinion Vote Each student gets a voting card with numbers from 1 to 5 in it 1= agree
completely, 2= agree, 3= nor agree or disagree, 4= disagree, 5= disagree completely. They discuss for awhile, each student votes, and the distribution of different opinion
in the group can be seen at glance. i. Forced Contribution
In order to make sure that all the members are distributed which determined the order of speaking.
3. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Group Discussion a. The Advantages
The positive primary aspects of using group discussion is the students can share to each other to solve the problem, it needs a good teamwork. They need to
share their idea and discuss the way to fix it. Here are some advantages about group discussion:
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- Enhances learning in both the affective and cognitive domains. - Is both learner-centered and subject-centered.
- Stimulates learners to think about issues and problems.
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- Encourages learners to exchanges their own experiences, thereby making learning more active and less isolating.
- Provides the opportunity for sharing of ideas and concerns. - Fosters positive peer support and feelings of belonging.
- Reinforces previous learning. More simply put:
• Ideas can be generated. • Ideas can be shared.
• Ideas can be tried out. • Ideas can be responded to by others
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b. The Disadvantages
One member of the group can dominate the discussion. Easy to digress from the topic.
Shy learners may refuse to become involved or may need a great deal of encouragement to participate.
Requires skill to tactfully redirect learners who digress or dominate without losing their trust and that of other group members.
Particularly challenging for the novice teacher when group members do not interact easily.
More time consuming for the transmission of information than other methods such as lecture.
Requires the teachers presence at all sessions to act as a facilitator and resource person.
Not all the members of the group get involve to the discussions, is about the confident problem. There is a different confident level to each students, they are to
shy to show up and perform themselves in front of their friends.
