Terrence, I like your approach. I use this same method to get everyone involved and contributing. What I would suggest as a next step is to have each student in the group present on their part of the group project. This way everyone talks, not just the group leader. What I do is to have the group come to the front of the class and sit behind a table. Their location at the front of the class gives their presentations a bit of a more formal status. Then I have each student present for a limited amount of time such as 2-3 minutes (note: the time limit is based upon the number of groups and the topics being presented.) By giving them a time limit I control the flow of the class plus my more shy students know they only have to talk for 2-3 minutes so they relax a bit more this way. Gary Gary Meers, Ed.D.