Working in Groups

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This section deals with the types of tasks that can and should occur before the group begins drafting the paper and provides suggestions on how to best distribute the work.

Although when we work on our own, all of us frequently deter from the model of "gather all your information, decide on a thesis, write and outline, and draft" typically recommended in writing text books. However, this is a useful order to try and follow in group work. Many times a group might work through this order recursively, researching, finding a topic, and then having to do more research, however breaking up these tasks initially helps lighten the workload later and helps you meet the final deadline. To read more about getting to work, choose any of the items below:

• Library Research
• Field Research
• Evaluating Sources
• Deciding on a Focus
• Coming to Consensus on the Main Point and Organization