Making small bricks is not as easy as it looks. Consider the masons as artisans and soon learn that stone cutting and setting are difficult skills. Some of these students in this study may need to see the entire process of constructing a 3-D model before they are able to invent one. Learning to cooperate with peers takes experience . You need to talk to each other about the solutions and what are you going to do about those holes in wall.
Students obviously talk to each other but apparently lack experience in solving problems together.
Art instructors need to structure several simpler cooperate learning activities, even at a younger age. Cultural self-separation versus gifted student aggressiveness . In Ritter's class she noticed that her Spanish-speaking students formed their own group and preferred to make small artifacts. Ritter saw the problem right away. They seem accustomed to it.