Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Student refuses to work in collaboration with others I currently have a student in a self-contained, middle grade classroom, with intellectual disabilities. This student is extremely independent and does not like to receive help but frequently does not get the correct answers on her own. Whenever I pair her with a partner or a small group, she will not engage with the other students. I would like to find a way of encouraging this student to collaborate more in the classroom. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Something you could try is to assign individual roles within the groups. For someone like this student who has issues collaborating, you could try to assign her to a more active role, such as note-taker, that would require her to listen to her group members' input, pay attention, and take note of what they are saying. You could also allow her to choose the group she would like to be a member of, as well.