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!) Individual grades are the way to go. I have been victim many times to lazy group members and have suffered because they did not do their part well or even at all. Another option is to recognize who the lazy members are and pair them in a group. They will realizer that nobody is doing anything and that they have to step up. It is a lesson of responsibility. Put all of the participating and active students in one group.