Small Group Communication Discovery Puzzle: Mingling Away Anxiety

• In Event: G.I.F.T.S. Session III

Abstract

The Small Group Communication Discovery Puzzle Activity alleviates students’ anxiety about being placed in teams with others they don’t know and about having to communicate with strangers. The activity creates a sense of adventure, fosters classroom community, and spawns fun in team formation. GIFTS session attendees will garner complete understanding of the activity, receive written instructions and take-home examples of activity components, and participate in a scaled-down version of the actual in-class puzzle activity.

Author

• Michele Bresso, Bakersfield College