1. INTRODUCTION
At the foundation of the POGIL project are seven process skills:
teamwork, management, information processing, critical thinking,
oral and written communication, problem solving, and
assessment. Other process skills are important and can also be
used to write process skills goals that provide direction for your
POGIL activities. A POGIL activity is a document given to each
team of four to five students. [2] At the top of the document is a
clear title that communicates what students will be learning. The
first paragraph of the POGIL activity briefly discusses why the
activity is important. The purpose of the why is to motivate
students to do the activity by demonstrating the relevance of the
activity to concepts learned in lecture. The next section in the
document will include any prerequisites needed to complete the
activity. If a student did not see the lecture or read the required
material, then they know up front that they are missing foundation
concepts they need to know. Prerequisites are followed by
learning outcomes. Learning outcomes clearly describe what the
student is expected to be able to do at the end of the activity. [3]
The rest of the activity document offers a series of questions that
guide students through the activity. One of the team members has
a job as Reader who reads the activity instructions and questions
out loud to the team. Other team roles are Technician, Manager,
Cheerleader, and Spokesperson.