Everyone has a group project horror story. Maybe you had a classmate who got away with doing none of the work. Or maybe a group member doubled down on doing something incorrectly. For the really ...

A few years ago, we hired an adjunct professor to teach a three-hour night class. After a few weeks, he came to us in frustration because he couldn’t get the students to discuss the material, and when ...

For many students, group projects elicit feelings of frustration due to improperly managed or unequally distributed labor or burdensome time allocated to an assignment. However, group work can give ...

Tell you about a new student guide to effective group work developed at Lafayette College. Share how some newsletter readers start the semester. Lafayette College’s mechanical-engineering department ...

Keeping students engaged and on task can be difficult. Can rewards help? Teachers are split on the answer. Some swear by incentives like stickers, a fun activity, or a sweet treat. Others say that ...

Jacqueline Chaney’s 2nd grade class buzzes with activity all day long, and a good chunk of it takes place in groups. By just the second month of school, the 7- and 8-year-olds move effortlessly in and ...

In the working world, most successful ventures are group projects. No car is manufactured by a single person, no airplane is built and flown by one person, and no surgery is performed by a single ...

Encouraging students to complete work outside of class has always been a struggle. But many college professors say it has gotten even harder in recent years as students prioritize their mental health, ...

Christine Morley received partial funding from the Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work to undertake the research that informed this article The research team also included: Vanessa ...

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Deanna Grant-Smith receives funding from the Australian Collaborate Education Network, World Association for Cooperative Education, and National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education. She is a ...