"Why Working Together Doesn't Always Work"
- staceycz
- Jul 25, 2016
- 1 min read
I stumbled across this article today and found it to be quite intriguing. It illuminated that fact that collaboration does not always work. We realize as educators when attempting to get students to be productive in group work, when we try to assess group work when we know all have not contributed equally, and when we try to teach students to work together collaboratively. I am a huge fan of collaboration, I just found this article interesting in that it supports the 'other side' of the discussion.
"First, brainstorming has been shown to actually undermine creativity. And a closer look at the literature finds that brainstorming is hardly the sole culprit. At times, it’s the collaboration itself that diminishes the quality of our work." - Ron Friedman
Interesting?
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