In a 4-5 page essay, evaluate your experience within your small group here are some prompts to help you (and to review for the test)…..
A. Define small group communication and its relevance to your in class work.
B. Discuss how the communication principles effecting small groups are relevant to our work:
Does your group have a sense of shared meaning?
How is your group’s communication transactional/ circular? How is it changing your individual communication?
What channels of communication is your group using?
How are your messages packaged within your group?
How does the content/ relational dimensions of your communication change perception?
C. Discuss the rules, expectations, individual roles and goals established in your group and how they were or were not followed.
D. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses in your group (including issues of trust, norms, cohesion, conflict management and group think).
E. Discuss your strengths AND weaknesses as a group member.
F. Discuss the problem solving strategies in your group.
G. Discuss the leadership in your group.
H. What were your individual goals? Group goals?
YouTube link for class notes cont’d: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DBJ47ZlD4
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