Resources and References

General websites on group work in HE

The Group Work Matrix, Loughborough University - comprehensive guidance on forming

Assessing group work, University of Melbourne

Enhancing Experiences of Group Work, University of Technology, Sydney

Collaborative Learning: Group Work and Study Teams, University of California at Berkeley

 

Advice for Students on working in groups

MMUBS guidelines for students on group working

Collaborative Group Work, University of Guelph

Group Work, University of Salford

 

Other References used in this section

Heathfield, Mike (1999). Group-based Assessment: an Evaluation of the Use of Assessed Tasks as a Method of Fostering High Quality Learning. Assessment Matters in Higher Education. S. Brown and A. Glasner, SRHE: 132-145.

Hinds, PJ, Carley, KM, Krackhardt, D and Wholey, D (2000). "Choosing work group members: Balancing similarity, competence, and familiarity." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 81(2): 226-251.

Michaelsen, LK, Watson, WE and Black, RH (1989). "A realistic test of individual versus group consensus decision making." Journal of Applied Psychology 74(5): 834-839.