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 ...

Across the globe, young people have always been at the forefront of social change – and student activism is at the heart of Amnesty International. By joining Amnesty International, you join a ...

Many instructors use group work to help students engage more actively with course material, exchange perspectives, and practice collaboration. When thoughtfully designed, group learning can energize a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Instructors might choose to assign group projects to give students experience with managing group dynamics like those they will encounter in the workplace or to help them develop the “soft skills” ...

Co-authored by Kodie Curran, Hannah Feeney, Jessica Murphy, and Michael Hogan. Collaborative learning has been shown to promote greater academic achievement, more positive attitudes towards learning, ...

Why Note Catchers? Many faculty have discovered that note catchers - shared collaborative documents accessed in real time during class - are extremely useful, particularly when your course involves ...

Ever met with group members at 9 p.m.? Maybe even later? It seems that most college students dislike group projects. Some members may slack off or simply lack the time to contribute evenly, leaving ...