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1. TYPES OF GROUP CONTROLLED INSTRUCTION

2. Introduction: When instruction is organised in such a manner that students carry out the instructional activities together in a group it is called group controlled instruction.

3. TYPES OF GROUP CONTROLLED INSTRUCTION Group interactive session Co-operative learning Group investigation learning Group project work

4. Group interactive session This teaching technique involves dividing the class into small groups, each consisting of five or six students and assigning them different topics or sub-topics of a subject and ask the group members to discuss among themselves the content elements of the topic/sub-topic assigned to their group and engage in learning activities.

5. Types of interactive groups Learning cycle group Co-operative group Peer group

6. I) Learning cycle group technique Based on the learning ability of the students,the class could be divided into equated groups of learners.Then,the different sub-topics of a lesson in the subject will be assigned to the different groups. Students should be asked to discuss and learn the contents of the sub-topic.After 10 or 15 minutes,the sub-topics will be rotated among the groups.

7. 2) Co-operative group technique In this method, students in the class with different abilities will be divided into groups, each with 5 or 6 students.Each group will have a few students in each category.A particular segment in the lesson will be given to all the groups.

8. 3) Peer group technique In this technique, close friends in a class will be allowed to function as a 'learning group’.Three or four such groups will be formed and a particular segment of a lesson will be given for discussion to all the groups.

9. Uses of group interactive session Students learn through mutual interactions. Gifted students,teach other students in their group are helpful to the teacher. This teaching technique is effective for review and revision.

10. Limitations of group interactive session Slow learners in the group may not take active part in the group discussion. It may be difficult to supervise all the groups involved in discussion at the same time and give needed guidance.

11. Co-operative learning It is a learning process which provides students to get opportunities to learn in a group by forming a number of teams , each consisting of a small number of students of different levels of ability for understanding the concept . They share their knowledge, understanding and application of tbe different aspects of the content material,or the course units and attain prefixed level of learning proficiency.

12. Advantages of cooperative learning Students learn better in a cooperative environment as it helps to keep them away from the stress of competing with others and excel. Cooperative learning promotes group feeling and reduces students anxiety. Cooperative learning develops healthy interactions among students. It promotes leadership qualities among students.

13. Limitations of cooperative learning Teacher may fear that due to their less of control and authority on students. Most of the schools may not have the necessary curriculum materials. Students who are shy by nature do not like to interact with fellow students and get clarification when in doubt.

14. GROUP INVESTIGATION LEARNING The students in the class will be divided into several groups each with 3 or 4 students and each group will be given a phenomenon or event as the subject matter for learning.Each group will investigate the learning assignment and submit its report.

15. Uses of group investigation learning This technique utilizes students curiosity to investigate any phenoma. As students involvement is more in this type of learning becomes easier . This technique could be used in all classes. It promotes abilities like logical thinking, analyzing,the collected data . It promotes leadership qualities.

16. Limitations of group investigation method It requires students involvement more. It increases the workload of the teacher. It is not suitable to classes where learning abilities are found to be low.

17. Group project work This is yet another design of cooperative learning Instead of dividing the students in the class into several teams and giving each team a project,all the students in a class may join together as a team and take up a project may be identified and shared by the groups among themselves,each consisting 5 or 6 students and complete the whole project.

18. Advantages of group project work As it promotes rapport,sense of equality, ability to function cooperatively involvement in school events etc… It develops social values and school norms among the students. It develops in students the quality of undertaking any job with full involvement.

19. Limitations of group project work This teaching technique is not suitable to teach all subject topics. It is more expensive and time consuming. Teacher’s continuous monitoring is necessary. Only a few in the group will work with sincerity .

20. Conclusion Group activities enables students to discover deeper meaning in the content and improve thinking skills.The most effective use of group work is that which engages students with higher-level content that is thought provoking.