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Task and Maintenance Roles in a Group
Download this document and read it before class. [|**Making Discussions Effective.**] Work through the Task and Maintenance Roles Exercise that you find on the last page before you come to class.

You can also review Task and Maintenance roles in a group by going through this Power Point slide show on [|Group Interactions].

We will have small group discussions in which you decide what to do in the Winter Survival Scenario. Then you will present your survival plans to the class.

Class Activity
Work in a group of 4. Compare your answers to the definitions of task and maintenance roles. After you agree on the definitions, decide which roles you take most often. What are two roles that you take most often in a group? What are two additional roles that you believe you should develop? What are two roles that you rarely see when you have worked with a group? Be ready to share your thoughts with the class.

Dewey's Reflective Thinking Sequence:
[|deweyreflectivethinkingsequence.htm]

If you're wondering what the "right" uses of the items in the Winter Survival activity were, here are some explanations:
[|Winter Survival Exercise 15 items] [|Winter Survival Solution 15 items]

Discussion about the meaning of "[|catch a flame]"

[|Winter Survival Solution 12 items] (some differences in the rankings from the 15 item activity)

[|Survival Scenario Exercises]: Here is a page with lots of other survival scenario activities