Reflection Of Group Interaction

When I was interacting with the three other members of my group, I acted in a way which made me appear as if I am intelligent and that I paid attention during class. When I first met the members of my group, I cheerfully said "Hi!" and gave them a wide smile. I wanted to appear as if I am an open and welcoming person. As the conservation continued, I made sure to contribute to the discussion, but was careful to not dominate the conversation. I did not want my peers to think I was stuck-up or a know-it-all. Furthermore, I made eye contact with my peers as they spoke, nodded my hear and muttered "mhmm" to make it clear to my peers that I was listening to what they were saying, and only spoke where there was a lull in the conversation. I was careful to not interrupt my peers and to add onto their ideas using the information that we have learned in class. I acted in a way that others would consider to be respectuful and active. There were three other students in my group. One of the students (Student #1) in my group is an athlete here at Rice. She was incredibly intelligent and provided insight that I would not have thought of on my own. I was surprised by her ideas about how to improve student performance. I had assumed that, because she was a student-athlete, she would not participate in the

Although one student acted in a fairly obnoxious manner, the other two students in the group smiled back at me when I smiled at them. They also made eye contact or, if they were typing notes, nodded as I shared my ideas about how to improve group performance. I think that the group overall liked and accepted me. As I shared my ideas, they furiously typed and added onto what I had to say. The students in the group did not, in my opinion, explicitly indicate that they did not like or accept me. None of the students talked over me as I spoke or brushed off my ideas as soon as they left my