Chaos is the best word to describe the class activity. It was loud and everywhere. During the class activity i saw some who were leaders, followers and people who just sat there. Also something that i saw that was great was that the "leaders" were asking the professor what he would allow and what he wouldnt. It was great that we were all coming together to decide on a common benefit.
Throughtout the activity i did notice that in some situations those that were so involved in the beginning slowly dimed down and those who were quiet were up and about. Personalities did clash when some did not want others to take the role as "leader". Goal differences arouse when some wanted multiple choice(original one choice) and others wanted just eassay , the rest wanted both, but when we all listened to each other and actually communicated we all came to a common ground.
I believed i handled conflict in this class by means of accomodation. I chose this method because it seemed to most that the way the test was or what the format is was going to change the material that would be on it . It means more to the class what the format was and to me the material was just going to be the same material.
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I agree it was a chaos. Some students were all over the class while other just sat in their seats and waited for someone to take over the situation. The goal difference nade the decision making process difficult and at one point I felt we won't come to consensus. The class did not take an effective approach but during the end the whole class finally cooperated and came to a decision.
You are highlighting the good that came out of the exercise but besides the fact that it was very chaotic and a beneficial decision was made, there were still a lot of people in the class that felt their voices weren't heard because there felt it made no sense for them to try to speak out because of the dominant voices in the class.
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