Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Picture search

Objective: The student will visually examine a set of pictures and work with others to generate a set of characteristics of group work.

Activity: Picture Search: What's the Difference? Working in groups, students compare pictures of people working in groups and others working alone. Together they generate characteristics seen, write them on paper, and share them with the class. (Magazine pictures work well, but need to be copied for all groups to see and therefore discuss the same situations.)

Assessment: The group list of characteristics can be used to check that students can identify characteristics of group work