And as expected, the more students study and practice to be effective masters, the more their own writing improves. Better masters make better writers. The activities increase student self-esteem, individual responsibility and group responsibility. Students who help group mates by showing how something could have been written differently feel good about their efforts. The result is that both have now learned something and benefited from the activity.
Students also feel a great sense of responsibility to the group.
It helps them to interact with group members as professional practitioners interact with clients or employers. Stronger social skills are another benefit of the activities. Students must interact with their group members - being diplomatic and offering constructive criticism and suggestions for their classmates' work. It shows students flexibility. While editing the work of their group members, students are often amazed by the variety of writings created from the same situation or set of facts.