Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Team participation I teach an afterschool STEAM program which requires team participation. This class gives the students a lot of freedom, however, I have two students in one group that rarely participate. Most of the time the two students are meowing to each other and pretending to be cats. I can get them to participate when I assign them a task that interests them, but this is usually a task I would consider as busy work. I would really like them to get the most out of the group task that I present them with and not just do busy work. How can I get them to participate more and not be a distraction to others? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The teacher might want to try and give the students a chance to correct their first. One strategy is to discuss with both students what their roles are in the project and be sure students have full clarity on their responsibility and the task at hand. If students are confused about what they should be doing this can cause their unfocused behavior. After the teacher is sure there is no mistake in communication there could be a warning and an explanation of the consequences. If these strategies do not work they should be separated in to different groups. If they still refuse to participate let the student know the parent/guardian will be notified of their behavior.