In my opinion, I believe that everyone in the group should have some sort of participation during the presentation portion of the group project. To ensure that this happens, you could assign each student a specific section of the group project that they need to research and complete and/or allow the students to decide amongst themselves who is going to research and complete each different section. When it comes time to present the project, have each student in the group present the section that he/she has researched and completed.

I think that your students probably appreciate the fact that you are providing them with the option to speak, although, public speaking is a huge skill that students are required to have. I recommend you going over expectations of the project and the lesson prior to assigning the project and allowing the students to split up. If the students are aware of your expectations, they will usually take on roles they may not be completely comfortable with for the good grade, or they will be aware why the group received a poor grading.

It might be useful to have all the students present/speak during the presentation because then you know that everyone played a roll and helped out. In my opinion and what I have seen in the past is that, one student will do all the work and present and then everyone else in the group gets an A even though they did not contribute. I would have the group assign different sections of the presentation, that way it allows all members to speak and hold responsibility for their part. I have also found that making sure students are given a rubric is very useful that way they know exactly what is expected for the group as well as them individually.

Personally, I feel that forced interaction isn't beneficial when working between groups. However, full participation from each group member is key. I believe having everyone say something will give them a chance to really speak their mind and possibly bring up a point that no one had said or thought of. Different perspectives on a topic can be extremely helpful for the entire class.

I don't think that this is the best way to go about group presentations. Maybe each student could choose a topic of their presentation they wish to research and then each student is responsible to present about their topic. This is essential because students need to develop public speaking skills.

In my opinion, it is important that all students speak about something that they contributed to the project. This way the teacher is able to hear each student and ensure they all understand, comprehend, and have contributed to the project.

I think it's important for every students to share aloud some part of the presentations, so I would assign each student a part of the project and have students share aloud their portion of the presentation. This allows every student to share and doesn't put it all on one particular student.

First, ask the presenting group what they believe their glows and grows are. This allows them to reflect before receiving comments. Then the teacher should allow additional comments from the class.

I think what you are trying to do is great. Let someone step up. However, everyone has (or should have) contributed to the project. Maybe still ask who would like to present because some students are better speakers and others are shy. But instead of asking if someone would like to add something. Maybe try asking the other students what their role was in the project and ask them what they learned. This way they get to talk about the effort they put in and explain something new and exciting they learned or got to do during the process.

I believe assigning roles to the presentation and making sure all students have the opportunity to speak would be beneficial.

I actually like this method, as students are could have anxiety disorders, and this saves them that stress. To ensure they are contributing, each group could reflect on what each member contributed.

Some of the solutions on this post have touched on having everyone participate during presentation as opposed to what the original poster was doing, but I wanted to touch a little more on why this is a good idea. Forcing students to speak during a group presentation ensures equal participation among the group, as opposed to letting one student carry the team. Many students dislike being part of a group where certain people don't participate, and is seen as unfair. If a teacher doesn't have their students report their contribution to the team either, then having only one person talk means that the teacher has no indication of how equally the work is distributed. Having one student do all the work is highly unfair in a group project. This approach also forces more reclusive or shy students to break their shell, if only for a few minutes. This is a good way to slowly build their social and public speaking skills, and it never hurts to simultaneously build academic skills and skills that aren't taught in school. These students will need some amount of social skills in the future anyways, so forcing them to talk now will help them in the future.

Even though some students dont like speaking to the whole class I think that all the students should participate in sharing their ideas in some way. One student shouldn't feel responsible of explaining the whole project to the class.

i believe each student should have to present in one way or another to make things fair

Even though I do believe that children need to develop public-speaking skills, I think I should be little by little. Maybe for a shy student and for the ones that suffer from anxiety a good start could be to the presentation of the member of the group or to finish with the conclusion. Always encourage students words such as "I know you can do it" or "try and see how do you feel" can be very motivating for a shy student.

I think it is best if everyone has their turn in presenting and getting the exposure and experience of speaking in front of a group. This is an expectation all through school and college so it is best to expect students to participate in this part of the project.

In school, I learned that if you want students to comment on another students group work, it is a great way to get discussions going, but call it "glows and grows"! That way, it isn't just negative, it can be positive for a glow and just something to work on as a grow.

Group presentations are always tricky. There are a lot of students who deal with anxiety or other health disorders that make speaking during class difficult. You could have them write a comment on a piece of paper after each presentation and then let them turn it in.

Because some students get nervous to present in front of the class, you could set apart time to do smaller presentations. Have person from the group present to the class, then breakout into three or four smaller groups and have everyone discuss their project to each other. Some students may have enjoyed or learned from researching, but are afraid to share their thoughts in front of everyone. Smaller groups still give them that practice of presenting, but it is not as intimidating.

Some students are not comfortable with speaking in front of people. I think that a good way to ensure that each student has contributed to the project is by having each student be responsible for a specific part of it.

I think that if you want to hear from all the students then each should be giving a presentation. otherwise, to me, the whole point of a group project is that the group chooses one person to present, and that works.

I think this is okay if not only one student is asking/answering questions. If you can see that only the same kids are answering all the time, if not you can call on other students or pick at random.