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 ...

Palisade High School has many wonderful students doing great work in the community. I was honored to learn more about what friends and International Baccalaureate program sophomores Tilly ...

Group work and giving students time to discuss their work helps to build their confidence in using math in science lessons, a new study shows. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

This article was originally published in CalMattters. In the first glimpse of California’s K-12 schools’ year-over-year progress since the pandemic, graduation rates hit some of their highest levels ...

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, ...