Teaching to the Group, Working with the Individual

This chapter focused on group work and how the individual learns differently from a group. It seemed kind of hypocritical that the chapter begun by categorizing most students into seven groups before talking about how students learn differently. Later, however, I could see how these categorizations could help when assigning students to different group roles. I liked how the students suggested that the teacher take a more active role in monitoring the groups and making sure that some members don’t dominate other members. There was also a good distinction that while group work makes classes easier and more useful for teachers and students, the progress must be measured individually.