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Subject:Re: Making group work palatable From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 4 Dec 1996 10:11:16 -0600
KAREN_OTTO -at- HP-SPOKANE-OM2 -dot- OM -dot- HP -dot- COM wrote:
> If you insist upon doing a group project, please give the students at
> least a chance for success by providing training or access to training
> on how to work together. Make sure that part of their grade is
> dependent on their individual work, their team dynamics, and the final
> result.
Deborah S. Bosley and Meg Morgan edited a special issue of Technical
Communication (Nov. 1991) that was devoted to collaborative writing.
While the entire issue would be helpful in situations such as this, a
couple of articles might be particularly relevant: Bosley's "Designing
Effective Technical Communication Teams" and Morgan's "Patterns of
Composing: Connections Between Classroom and Workplace Collaborations."
Good luck,
Steve
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