I used to hate groupwork, but that was usually because one of the five problems with collaborative work described by John Spencer in this reasonably detailed article. The problems are: one student does all the work (usually me, heh); one student takes creative control (also me); groupthink (except for me); conflict (usually with me); and project management (not needed, because of me). OK, I jest a bit, but Spencer identifies some good approaches to address these issues (without once mentioning the jigsaw method, though properly speaking that's a cooperative work approach).
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