OER4Schools/activities/Group work
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Title | Group work |
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When used successfully, group work can lead to collaborative learning and enhanced critical thinking. It can have positive effects on pupil-pupil and pupil-teacher relationships when well structured with definitive ground rules.
You can find out more about the benefits of doing group work by reading this article on the SPRinG (Social Pedagogical Research into Group work) project: http://www.tlrp.org/pub/documents/no11_blatchford.pdf