Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Cannot Cooperate Aisha is known as a responsible and smart student. I have known her for the last two years, but this year is the first time she is taking one of my classes. She is in my 10th grade US History class. Recently, I started using small group projects in my class. I simply want my students to learn to cooperate, exchange ideas, and produce the project together. Although Aisha is willing to take part in these small group projects, she does not want to be in groups with male students because of her religious beliefs. When she told me about this, I told her that she was in the United States and that she had to work with whoever she is in a group with. In the first group project, Aisha was in a group with three males and one female students. She simply did not participate in any of the group activities. I wonder if should reconsider my original position on this issue and accommodate Aisha by having her work only with girls. Would I be doing her a disservice? What should I do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I think the best thing to do at this point is to let her work in a group with all girls. I agree that she needs to learn to work with all people and I would like to learn more about her religion and why she would not work with males. However, I am unsure if the best time to do this is during a US History group project. I would assign her in a group with girls, let her work on the project, and then at another time try to find out more about her religion and if I think there could be anything I could do in the future to expose her to working with members of the opposite sex.