Why Students Hate Group Work (And How to Fix It) Group work frustrates students when roles are unclear and workloads are uneven. Grouper can help make it more effective.

Why Students Hate Group Work (And How to Fix It)

Many students dislike group work due to uneven workload, social conflicts, and unclear roles.

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#teachers: we need your help🙏 We're planning a "Roles" feature, where you can add student roles to groups like Facilitator, Note-taker, Researcher, Presenter, etc. We'd love to hear about the roles YOU use in your small groups or pairs. Please add your comments! 🔊

How to Group Students Quickly and Strategically - Class Tech Tips Group students quickly and strategically with Grouper! Save time, create customized groups, and support learning in any subject.

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📚 Grouping students can be tricky, but the right tool makes all the difference.

🎯 Grouper creates small groups based on skills, leadership, and more!

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Super excited about this functionality for streamlining the creation and rotation of groups!

New: Grouper syncs with Google Classroom rosters 🎉🎉🎉

Sign up today and start splitting your Google Classroom classes into random, customized and data-driven small groups in seconds.🚀

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A new playbook for building edtech... for teachers who are fed up with edtech I’m launching a new edtech application. What lunacy.

You've made our hearts go pitter-patter, @bartonreads.bsky.social. Intuitiveness is a top-priority for us. Here are some other principles we've been following in creating and improving Grouper: www.linkedin.com/pulse/new-pl...

Charlie Day. Makes me laugh every time. Thanks, @jakemilleredu.bsky.social

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I'm a huge fan of making flexible groups of students. I've been doing it with a spreadsheet for years, but grouper.school makes that so much easier. Blog post on this awesome new tool coming soon. #Edusky #teachers #Grouping

Making Student Groups Just Got Easier

Looking for a FREE and easy way to make groups?
How about BETTER ways to group based on attributes you assign?
Prevent certain students from being in a grouped?
Try grouper.school

https://alicekeeler.com/2024/12/09/making-student-groups-just-got-easier/

Blame it on AI!

Hahaha. Our team is busy with other character development. But here's what ChatGPT came up with. Kinda reminds me of you!

Hey, Shannon. Sorry this has been frustrating. DM me and I can help.

Woohoo! You're an 👼 for pulling this together, @alicekeeler.com

Hi, teachers and admins. So excited to see everyone moving to #bsky. Can't wait to mix it up with the #EduSky community and make teaching easier, more effective and funnerer.

If you love small-group instruction, check out grouper.school. It's the first tool purpose-built for setting up and managing small-groups. Free for teachers.

Valuable findings. Struggling students are those who can often most benefit from small-group instruction, yet the opposite is often the case. My startup, grouper.school, is focused on reducing the barriers to starting and managing small-group instruction. I'd love to connect and get your guidance.

Grouper Create groups and stay on track during small-group learning. Sign up for free and get started in seconds.

Hi Mary. I'm the co-founder of Grouper (grouper.school) and a former teacher. Cooperative learning, student centric learning and learning stations: that's our jam. I'd love to connect and hear your ideas. Feel free to DM.

Hi Mary. I'm the co-founder of Grouper (and earlier, founder of Newsela). I'd love to connect and learn about how you use small-group learning. Check out grouper.school and let me know if you'd like to chat.