Top Tips for Effective Group Work
- Establish a set of group guidelines. Get to know the members in your group, their strengths and preferred ways of working. Everyone has an opinion and different methods of working and learning.
- Discuss the group’s task or activity in order to reach a shared understanding.
- Summarise the shared understanding of the problem or research question on a shared Google Document
- Discuss how you are going to approach the problem. Brainstorm to create ideas, plans and tasks for your group. Everyone should be involved in the discussion.
- Decide on specific tasks and allocate them to individuals. Make sure you are clear on everyone else’s tasks in order to prevent duplication.
- Ensure that each group member has responsibility and accountability for their task with an agreed deadline.
- Arrange regular meetings to review your progress and decide on what direction your work should take next. Each member should attend these meetings.
- Consider a time-line for your project. Set dates for the completion of specific tasks.
- Any resources, information or knowledge should be shared.
