Students and Group Work, the Most Problematic Partnership
When teachers announce a new group project, many students don’t celebrate, instead they groan. All the promises they make at the start of the project teamwork, collaboration and communication go down the drain as the project advances towards its deadline. By the end, students have lost motivation, leaving their work for someone else to complete, making group projects the most despised part of school.
To many students, these frustrations are all too familiar in their classes and groups on campus, feeling forced into an inefficient form of collaboration…