Group work is a great way to build a community by working collaboratively with one another. In addition, group work allows the students to be learning the content in a different way than learning from a lecture. However, there is an art to setting up a group project that includes all individuals and allows all to participate without some feeling burdened with the workload. The ideas listed in the article “Students Riding on Coattails during Group Work? Five Simple Ideas to Try” are 1) design a group project in which the students work in phases, 2) develop an element of the project that allows group members to make their own choices, 3) within a group project, include a component requiring individual students to submit non-onerous individual work, 4) devote a segment (30 minutes or so) during class before all group projects begin to implement two important steps, and 5) prepare students to expect the unexpected. To read more details about each of these ideas, click here.