Group Work: Problems, Frequency and Success of Mediation. Part 2. More with Peggy Brickman.

Teaching for Student Success

Welcome to Part 2 of my conversation with Peggy Brickman about group work. In part 1 of this episode, we discussed her 2018 paper entitled WHEN GROUP WORK DOESN’T WORK. INSIGHTS FROM STUDENTS. In this paper Peggy discusses her research on group work identifying a number of problems concerning standard practices that one might implement in courses.

In Part 2, we discuss her follow-up paper: What to expect with group work: Problems, frequency, and success of mediation. This paper is provides some quantitative data on the percentages of groups that have problems and discusses the successes and failures of mediation.

Stick around for a fascinating look into the details of group work.