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Writing Guides

Working in Groups

Introduction

Why Work in Groups?

Writing Tasks Suited to Group Work

Fact and Fiction: Common Fears about Group Work

What to Expect in Group Work

Choosing Group Members

Guidelines for Group Work

Initial Decision-Making

Idea-Generating and Research Tasks

Writing the Paper Together

Using Group Time Profitably

Dealing With Problems in a Group

Addtional Resources


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Coming to Consensus on the Main Point and Organization

Once you've gotten a focus and collected most of your data or sources, the group needs to conduct the most difficult task: decide upon the point of the paper. While in individual papers, many of us frequently "write to find a point," this is very difficult to do in a group. Before the writing starts, you want everyone to have the same conclusion or point in mind so that what they write will not lack coherence with other parts of the paper. For similar reasons, deciding on the organization of the paper beforehand, in some type of outline or list of sections, will make the writing much easier.

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