Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Week 2, Question 1
When I first started at San Jose State the one thing that surprised me was how often group projects were assigned. I wasn’t expecting to do group projects because college students tend to be very busy. Not only do college students attend classes, but many of them also have jobs. Some of them even have families they have to take care of as well. I have had good experiences with group projects and bad experiences with them. After reading about interdependence, which is group members depending on one another to get their work done, I realized what went wrong in some of my group projects. One group project I did was a complete mess. In the end it came down to myself and 2 other members putting together the presentation because our other members couldn’t find the time to meet with us. It was very disappointing that they left all the work for us to do and expected the same grade. I have had great group experiences other than the one I just wrote about. Everyone did their share of the work and was willing to help other members if they needed it. These are the group projects that I look forward to.
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hello, I have had quite a few bad experiences with group members apart of group projects so I know what you mean when you say you were dissapointed. One aspect of grading that I think is very important in group projects is having a group grade and an individual grade or to have some kind room to change grades according if someone completly loafs.
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