Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Why Do Group Work in the University?
  3. How to Use This Booklet
  4. Making Your Group a Success
         a. Basic Principles: Bad Groups and Good Groups
         b. Group Phases
  5. Your First Meeting
  6. Forming
         a. Getting Acquainted
         b. Structure, Group Maintenance Roles, and Task Roles
  7. Storming
  8. Planning for Implementation
  9. Norming
  10. Communication
  11. Writing as a Group
         a. Analyzing the Writing Problem
         b. Group Writing Procedures
  12. Afterword: Group Work in Professional Life
  13. References

Acknowledgements: We thank the Undergraduate Instructional Improvement Program for funds which made this project possible, and we thank Jane Stanbrough (Director of the Campus Writing Center) and Linda Morris (Acting Director of the Campus Writing Center) for their helpful comments on the text as we wrote the booklet.


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