CASE STUDY

HELLO!
We are going to be meeting
Lorelai Gilmore this
morning!

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Here’s some
background information
about her!

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◈ 15 years old Strengths

◈ Freshman ◈ Test-taking
◈ Stars Hollow High ◈ Problem solving
School ◈ Working together in
◈ Born & raised in groups
Stars Hollow ◈ Has good study skills
◈ Speaks Vietnamese ◈ Outspoken
◈ Responsible, reliable,
and English 4
trustworthy, intelligent
In the classroom...

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9th Grade English
◈ Follows directions
◈ Comes to class with a positive attitude and
ready to learn
◈ Works well during group projects
◈ Independent
◈ Responsible
◈ Isn’t afraid to ask for help
◈ Isn’t afraid to ask questions 6
However, we do have a
slight problem...

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Lorelai has a hard
time making
friends
Lorelai is very independent and self-motivated, and
sometimes has a problem with communicating in
English. Therefore, her independent mindset and her
not feeling confident in speaking English causes her
to not talk to anyone
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During the
interview...
Lorelai had no problem talking to me, and was very
open with me and answered all of my questions.
However, when she returned to her seat, upon
observation, the talkative and outgoing personality
went away, and she sat down quietly by herself.
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Lorelai is very bright at at the
top of the class. However, how
can I help transfer her outgoing
energy into making friends?

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Intervention
Two different groups of people to work with:
◈ Students whose first language isn’t English,
and fall towards the middle of the class,
grades wise
◈ Students whose first language is English,
but fall towards the top of the class
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The Results

First group Second group

◈ Got along well with them ◈ Semi-got along well with them
◆ Talked about more ◆ Most conversations were
about the assignment
than the assignment ◆ Chemistry was lower
◆ Chemistry was ◆ Made small conversation
stronger here and there
◈ Lorelai became ◈ Lorelai talked a little bit
unfocused on the outside of the assignment,
and did not jeopardize her
assignment, which could high class standing 12
jeopardize her high class
standing
Future Classroom
◈ Put people together who would work well together,
but also build upon each other’s skills to produce a
great product
◆ What if I put one person from the first group with
one person from the second group?
◈ Consider strengths and weaknesses
◈ Have open ended class discussions to build trust
and relationships in the classroom
◈ Have assignments that would provoke in-depth 13
thinking