Assigning the First Homework Teams

During the first day of class hand out the student data sheet and use this information to form groups of four. Try to form your teams with students who live close to each other (North Campus, South Quad, etc.) in order to make it as easy as possible for them to meet together. Make the teams as heterogeneous as possible (gender, race, prior math classes, ability, etc.). There is evidence that when a heterogeneous group learns to work successfully together the members of the group become more tolerant and accepting of different ideas. (Some instructors haven't paid attention to where students lived in setting up the homework teams and it seemed to work.)

• North Campus - Bursley Hall (this is where many of the engineering students will be housed), Baits Houses

• The Hill - Couzens Hall, Alice Lloyd Hall, Mosher-Jordan Hall, Stockwell Hall, Mary Markley Hall

• Central Campus - South Quad, West Quad, East Quad, Betsy Barbour House, Helen Newberry House, Martha Cook Building