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<\/a>Several yearbook students spend class time working in groups to complete their assignments. Photo by: Chandy Schuler<\/p><\/div>\n
Select students\u00a0 such as Junior Wilmer Hernandez, think that students like working in groups better than completing work by themselves. Hernandez said, \u201cI think students prefer to work in groups because they have more help and more ideas.\u201d Accordingly, Senior Kristen McNeal said students might like working in groups better so they can \u201cget the right answer and help if they don\u2019t completely understand.\u201d Based upon McNeal\u2019s and Hernandez\u2019s opinion, it can be concluded that select students feel their peers might enjoy partaking in group work to receive help or support they otherwise would not have been given.<\/p>\n
Contrary to these students, Drury said, \u201cFor most I believe it is because there is less work to do for them and there are other people that can do your work and raise your grade. Some however I think stay more concentrated when working in a group with the knowledge that there are other people dependent on them.\u201d Homogeneously, Daniels said, \u201cI think they like to work in groups because they can get by with little to no work done.\u201d<\/p>\n
A variety of those partaking in group work feel there are downsides, however. Freshman Bryana Thomas said one downside to working in groups is, \u201cYou most [of the] time get to choose your group and its basically a clique thing if you choose.\u201d Senior Hope Fish also said, \u201cMy downside is that sometimes the other people don\u2019t pitch in and help out like they should.\u201d Similar to Fish\u2019s opinion, Senior Stephanie Anderson said, \u201cOne person always gets stuck on doing the work.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students have recently given their opinions to whether or not group work increases students\u2019 desire to work harder than working individually. Deaton said, \u201cNo, it gives them more chances to slack off, some people just want to get it done so they don’t care what the others do, so they’ll do all the work and still let the other person claim credit.\u201d Resembling her opinion, Drury said, \u201cI don’t believe it does because the students that need the motivation to work on the project in the first place are paired with those that already have motivation to do it, and from what I have observed are often less engaged in the project as they no longer need to be with others there to do work for them.\u201d However, select students feel that group work does encourage students to work harder. Senior Jordan Kelly said, \u201cI think so because I think it is more fun [in groups].\u201d From these students, it can be concluded that more students than not believe that working in groups will not encourage students to work harder.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Students from the Weidner School of Inquiry participate in project based learning, often times in groups. Photo by: Chandy Schuler<\/p><\/div>\n
Naturally, students enjoy working in groups on certain assignment rather than others. Freshman Yohoni Torres said he liked working in groups for \u201cbig projects, [or] anything that involves creating something, so really anything that has to do with using imagination.\u201d Similar to Torres, Rodriguez said, \u201cPower points, reviews, essays, study guides, projects, [and] labs. Things that will take a long time, not homework and class assignments unless they are super long.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conclusively, students have shown that although group work can be an efficient way to complete classwork, group work can also serve as a disadvantage if select students to not use their time and resources effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Throughout the years teachers have been providing students with the ability to participate in group work for various reasons. Due to this, select students feel that this privilege enhances their learning capabilities while others feel that group work is a … Continue reading