Group work can allow students greater say in what tasks they do. Students get to know each other, and form working relationships which have benefits beyond the particular group assignment work. Work done in groups can be more real than work done by a large class, with real clients, real briefs, real problems, perhaps even real resources. Some drawbacks of group work Group projects can fail, sometimes spectacularly, to achieve their goals, and even damage working relationships, in the short term at least. Students' initial ability to undertake group work varies widely.
Group work can disadvantage members of some ethnic or other minorities.
Group work can be difficult to tutor. Some students may dominate the group, others may be passengers. Group work can be hard to assess. Varieties of group work 'Group work' encompasses a vast variety of activities. Rather than trying to list even some of them, here are a few of the main variables.