I thought that the decision making activity was crazy. I personally felt that a lot of students were not heard while a few took over the process. After I saw the direction the chaos was heading, I definitely took on the avoidance role. I really just sat back and shook my head the whole time because my approach to things is much more laid back than my peers. I did ask one question but it took forever for me to get a word in, and I felt like people were just rushing through it. Obviously time was a factor and our grades were horrible but I must say, that chaos was interesting to watch. There was also a handful of students who were competing to win.Personally, I don't think that I could have swayed the class or made it run any better had I chosen any other role.
I do think we had a very good leader who was fair and organized the voting very well. His efficiency was the reason we got anything done at all, especially debating the essay.
I think we could have gotten things done faster if we separated into smaller groups for 15mins, decided what we hated about the test and then report back to the larger group and vote. I think this would have worked better because each person would be heard essentially and sometimes people feel more comfortable speaking in smaller groups. I also think that given the fact that the majority of the class failed the test, some were not as willing to speak up.
Overall I do like the package that we came up with and I think that if we tried this activity again it would run smoothly.
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