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| Check out this 2021 essay from the Chronicle on setting up your students to navigate the challenge of team communication. Our favorite tip:
Have students practice how not to cooperate in a group. …Internal conflict derails many a group project and students don’t always know how to manage a troublemaker. So give them practice. Have groups meet in class to do a short task related to their project. Assign a member of each group to cause trouble — that is, engage in at least one simple act of disruption or distraction during the discussion. You can easily stipulate that people born in July or those with middle names that have an “e” in them should attempt the troublemaker role. When the session concludes, invite students to share ideas on how they coped and got the group back on track. |