Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Lazy Group Members There is an issue I have observed in a high school classroom in which students were split up into groups of 6 to do a collaboration project outside of class. In one group, only two members were participating while the other 4 did nothing. Time is ticking and the project due date is quickly approaching. The two participating members of the group have expressed to the teacher their frustrations with the lazy group members. They have tried reaching out to the lazy group members, but they are still not participating. What should the teacher do? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Simply just rearrange the groups, you should have an idea what the students are like. Disperse them evenly in the groups. The lazy people, The hard workers, and the ones that just Tagalog.                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I would not use this solution, it still allows hardworking students to be taken advantage of and lazy students to continue doing nothing. Rated On: February 28, 2017 8:31 pm Rated By: tuBaZu                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I do not this this is the best solution. Rated On: March 3, 2017 6:25 am Rated By: udaXuh                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This doesn't really solve the problem of the lazy group members because they will still be in the group not doing anything. Rated On: March 4, 2017 2:20 am Rated By: ReRege                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I feel like even if you rearrange the students, they're still not going to help their fellow classmates. They're just hanging in there to get good grades that they don't deserve. Rated On: March 4, 2017 3:19 am Rated By: uresaM                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I would not use this solution and I do not agree with it. I do not agree with it because then you are targeting students and feels like stereotyping to me. Rated On: March 4, 2017 8:31 pm Rated By: zazyny                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I do not think this is the best solution for this case. Rated On: March 5, 2017 2:00 pm Rated By: ysyver                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: Sometimes rearranging groups this far into a project can be difficult and just cause more problems then solutions. Rated On: March 6, 2017 12:12 am Rated By: Gapasa                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: I do not think this would work Rated On: March 6, 2017 4:54 am Rated By: asygud                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This is nearly impossible to do. Rated On: July 9, 2017 2:31 am Rated By: MeRepe                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: .. Rated On: October 13, 2017 12:38 am Rated By: umuzeZ                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: I would not so this. Who is to say they will not slack off again. Also, the students may have completed work for their group before the teacher rearranged them to a new one. Rated On: October 16, 2017 12:08 am Rated By: SeQeLy                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) Yes The suggested solution is relevant to the case Yes The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement Yes The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue Yes The suggested solution is original Yes Comments: helpful Rated On: October 16, 2017 3:29 am Rated By: aTuraJ                 Rating The suggested solution is respectful of the individual (student) No The suggested solution is relevant to the case No The suggested solution is reasonable (easy) for the teacher to implement No The suggested solution is likely to solve the problem/issue No The suggested solution is original No Comments: This solution doesn't help the students in the end. It doesn't explain the consequences and the students will have to restart the entire project, only wasting more time and probably giving the students another unwarranted chance to get a better grade. Rated On: October 13, 2018 2:45 am Rated By: eguQep