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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I tell my children they must do 100% of the work in the group project if they want 100% of the points. FCPS rules say they can't be graded on others' contributions but we know this is BS.

the projects have been fine once you get to AP classes. All the students are putting in the work there. Prior to that, it's a nightmare. And no, it is absolutely not the same as adults collaborating in the workplace. Last year my kid got dinged - she wrote the script for some skit and the 3 boys in her group decided to improvise the ending, thus producing a skit that did not meet the length requirements.

there's maybe been 1 project for AP history this year, no issues.[/quote]

I take points from the kids who steamroll the others and try to do the whole project themselves. If your group members are trying to contribute and you’re shutting down their ideas, refusing to communicate and reach understanding, dictating what they can/can’t add to the project and then trying to present all the info, and generally bossing/dominating/shutting down and going solo instead of working as a team, you’re not collaborating and your not getting 100% of the point. Collaboration is a 2 way process. The same way the kids who don’t try to participate at all lose points, so do the ones who inhibit collaboration to retain total control this way. [/quote]
I don't recall this happening. In my experience, the diligent kids tried their best to collaborate with the slackers who didn't listen and did not care. In the end, the diligent kids gave up and quietly did all the work so that when the slackers didn't do their parts (shocker!), there was actually a complete project to turn in. [/quote]

I have a Type A girl and it can be both. One a recent English group project she was [i]freaking[/i] out about the 2 kids who were using assigned class time for the project to goof off and planning on doing their portion (aka steamrolling) on the first day of work. I told her under no circumstances was she to do their work early on in the project, but she could prepare so that if they really didn't follow through she wouldn't be up until all hours the day it was due. At the end of the project 1 of the slackers had completed their work entirely and the other had done at least some so DD only had to fill in part of what she'd prepared.

DD can totally boss and dominate and she does need to work on stepping back. But also sometimes she's the only reason a project gets an A. So...balance.[/quote]

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