Aug 23, 2017 · 1 min read
I would say that students do need to learn to work with people they wouldn’t normally CHOOSE to work with, but I think expectations can change per project (i.e. this project, pick 2 people to work with and teacher pouts pairs together fro groups of four; next project students make our groups of however many; next project, teacher completely picks). Otherwise, especially at middle school, things don’t work so well in group collaborative assignments…kids always pick the same people, begin to slack off, don’t learn as much, etc…