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Work with Each Other = Collaboration!
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Sometimes it is necessary to work with other people (work
collaboratively) to solve a problem. Your answer depends
upon their work, so you must work together. |
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Let's look at some examples where
you need other people's
work to complete your own, or at least to make your work easier.
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Your teacher has given your group an assignment.
Each one of you has been given a piece of graph paper and asked
to find a quadrilateral that has a perimeter of 40 inches.
Your group will earn a point for each different
quadrilateral you identify. You have 5 minutes to complete
your task. Do you want to find all the solutions yourself?
or should you work as a group? |
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The right answer is, of course, work as a group! One
person will work as the group's leader and assign each person a
certain number as one of the quadrilateral's lengths. |
Then each person will report back with their own results.
ans. #1) With a side of 1 inch and a perimeter of 50 in., the
width would have to be 24 in. ( 1 + 1 + 24 + 24 = 50 in.)
ans. #2) With a side of 2 inches and a perimeter of 50 in., the
width would have to be 23 in. ( 2 + 2 + 23 + 23 = 50 in.) |
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And
so on, until your group has all the possible dimensions of
quadrilateral with a perimeter of 50 inches. Now
isn't that easier as a group? Collaboration!!!! It makes
everyone's job easier! |
Remember, collaboration
(working together) makes everyone's job a bit easier!
Ready to practice?
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