Chapter 5: Teaching to the Individual, Working with the Group

Have a meaningful product that the group will create and give everyone in the group a specific role. Remember that everyone needes to be assessed individually in comparison tho themselves so assess the individually and the product separatly.
When the students don't feel that that there is a reason for their group work they will not put the effort into it that the teacher wants. It is almost a matter of respect to have a defined product that the students are working on. Students will feel more valued and not like they are wasting their time this way. They also need to know tha tthey are going to be assessed individually so that they have a reason to do their share of the work and not take advantage of the worker bee of the group.