Group work- Your thoughts

[axoalum]

My daughter had a group project in a business management class this summer. She called almost every day to complain about the lazy people she was paired with. The absolute best was the girl who did not attend a work session bacause "it's my birthday and I don't work on my birthday". Really???

[BlueCarnation]

I'm not a huge fan. I went from law school, where you do everything yourself, to a PhD program where there is a lot of group work. I'm very protective of my work and I usually did not have good groups to work with. I think the purpose and intent of group work is good, but in practice it always seems to be a hassle, and one or two people do all the work.