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Individual Roles in Homework Teams Giving students individual roles in homework teams helps students take individual responsibility for making their homework team function successfully. It is important to make sure that students change roles every week so everyone will get a chance to function in a particular role. Here is the description of the roles which is contained in the Student's Guide. Scribe: The scribe is responsible for writing up the single final version of the homework to be handed in. This is the only set of solutions which will be accepted or graded. Each member of the group will receive the same grade. Whenever possible, your solutions should include symbolic, graphical and verbal explanations or interpretations. Diagrams and pictures should also be provided if possible. Clarifier: During the team meeting the clarifier assists the group by paraphrasing the ideas presented by other group members, e.g. "Let me make sure I understand, the graph goes up...",. The clarifier is responsible for making sure that everyone in the group understands the solutions to the problems and is prepared to present the problems to the class if the team is called on. Reporter: The reporter writes a record of how the homework sessions went, how long the team met, what difficulties or successes the team may have had (with math or otherwise). If there is disagreement about the solution of a problem, the reporter should present sketches of alternate solutions and explain the difference of opinion. The report should list the members of the team who attended the session and their roles. The report should be on a separate sheet of paper and be the first page of the teams homework solutions. Manager: The manager is responsible for arranging and running the meetings If the team has only three members, or if one of the four members cannot attend, the manager should also take one of the other roles. When the homework is returned, the manager sees that it is photocopied and distributed so that each team member's portfolio contains a copy of the corrected problems. |