Forum 2.2 - Benefits of Group Work

1/31/2019

Guiding Thought Question: What are advantages and disadvantages of being involved with a group?

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the workings of groupings and what role they play in the socialization of individuals.

16 Comments

Skipper

2/4/2020 07:32:11 am

Advantages: Have people with similar characteristics or experiences
Disadvantages: You do not have a wide variety of connections

Ham

2/4/2020 07:40:03 am

Group work is great, when everyone does their part, because it's less stress for everyone involved. Having group mates also opens up the possiblities of new ideas.
Unfortunately, many group projects end up saddling all the work on one person, or no one knows what they're doing.

Snarky

2/4/2020 07:40:20 am

Being in a group setting allows you to get different perspectives and interact with other individuals. It can make problem solving either, because when one person gets stumped, they can work it out with others.
However if you don’t get along with your group partners it can be quite hectic and do the opposite. It can make you feel worse and even more stuck

Ferro

2/4/2020 07:40:59 am

advantages: more social interaction, being around people can help mental health
disadvantages: anxiety, sometimes you feel burnt out and just can't participate

Weaver-Wagner

2/4/2020 07:41:46 am

Advantages: you can learn from each other and play off one another’s strengths and weaknesses; you can also be around people with similar interests and ideas and be more cheerful
Disadvantages: You could end up being a leader if you don’t want to be or you could end up sitting and doing nothing when you really wanted to lead

Brynna Oxley

2/4/2020 07:42:23 am

The advantages are that you share similarities between the group members and work gets done faster because it’s split between people.
The disadvantages are the differences between people get more pronounced and one person may end up doing the work of three or four.

Karson

2/4/2020 07:43:13 am

advantages: more minds working toward one subject
disadvantages: can hit snags easily, arguments

Reavis

2/4/2020 07:43:41 am

Good things are if you’re stuck on something you have people around you to help you and disadvantages are there could be problems with someone in the group or one person not doing anything or one person doing everything.

Katherine

2/4/2020 07:43:53 am

Advantages: You can split up the work and be more efficient. There are other people to cover your weak points and review your work.

Disadvantages: People may argue about the vision of the project, the proper methods or "right" way to do things, and when to get stuff done. Some people may tend to procrastinate while others get really annoyed when someone procrastinates. These things can lead to conflicts and difficulty working together.

yestlund

2/4/2020 08:56:08 am

you are forced to get along with people and work together to make something happen. Group work works when the group works well.

Grace Belter

2/4/2020 08:56:43 am

Advantages: Less work(in theory), socialize, fresh ideas, new perspectives

Disadvantages: One person gets stuck doing all the work, if you clash with a person nothing gets done, controlling people, if you don't get along with the people it doesn't really work

pepperoni

2/4/2020 08:56:47 am

+ you can get work done fast, people can have outside views, all work doesn't have to be on you

- people can be lazy, you might not have a choice of who so you might not get along, you might not like the project either

Henning

2/4/2020 08:57:06 am

Advantages- multiple minds, things can get done faster, you might learn more by getting different ideas
Disadvantages- can be distracting, Crashing ideas can lead to arguments, some will procrastinate and let others do work.

Griffithdor

2/4/2020 08:57:09 am

Advantages: supposedly the work is evenly divided up so their is an equal portion for each member
Disadvantages: Lazy teammates create more work
Infighting among groups occur
Teammate procrastination raises blood pressure
Lazy/inattentive teammates creates emotional/psychological stress

grace

2/4/2020 09:00:34 am

you learn how to work with people you don't like; everyone might not carry all of their weight

Skipper

2/12/2020 07:33:54 am

Advantages: You learn social skills and how to deal with different people
Disadvantages: They can have a negative influence on you

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