“When I was a student, group work made me so nervous,” a professor confided to me over Zoom. “I just did all the work because I didn’t trust anyone else with my grade.” Her story is not uncommon—and ...

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 ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Assigning group work will finally be less of a headache for teachers. Assigning group work will finally be less ...

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 ...

When students engage in group work that is intentionally designed to support cooperative learning, they develop interpersonal and critical thinking skills while practicing accountability behaviors ...

In the realm of education, balancing instructional strategies like small-group instruction and student-tracking presents both challenges and opportunities for fostering equitable learning environments ...