Editing Cooperative learning (section)

=== Group hate ===

Group hate is defined as "a feeling of dread that arises when facing the possibility of having to work in a group<ref>{{Cite conference |last=Sorensen |first=Susan M. |date=1981 |title=Grouphate: a negative reaction to group work |conference=Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association |id={{ERIC|ED204821}}}}</ref> When students develop group hate their individual performance in the group suffers and in turn the group as a whole suffers. There are many factors that lead students to experience these feelings of group hate. The more crucial elements include past bad experiences, group fatigue due to overuse of cooperative learning and whether they prefer to work alone.

When students are given a choice between group based or individual work, they often evaluate several factors. The three most common factors are how likely they are to get a good grade, the difficulty of the task, and the amount of effort involved. Students will choose to do the work individually more often that not, because they feel that they can do a better job individually than as a group.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lewis |last2=Haywaird |date=2003 |title=Choice-based learning: student reactions in an undergraduate organizational communication course |journal=Communication Education |volume=52 |issue=2 |pages=148–156 |doi=10.1080/03634520302467 |s2cid=144617585}}</ref>

It is difficult to definitively identify which factors lead to a student forming group hate, as each group and individual is unique. However, there are several common concerns that lead to students developing group hate.
* Concerns about the teachers' role
* Concerns about the students' role
* Concerns about fairness and use of resources.
Concerns about the teachers' role usually stem from lack of communication from the teacher as to what exactly is expected of the group. It is difficult for a teacher to find the right balance between being overbearing, and not providing sufficient structure and oversight.&nbsp; While an experienced teacher may be able to strike the balance every time, most teachers tend to lean one way or the other which can cause confusion with the students. This is only amplified when the students are put into groups and asked to complete a project with insufficient instructions. The way a teacher chooses to structure a project can influence how a student perceives the project overall.&nbsp; Whether or not a student likes a teaching style or not can influence if they develop group hate.<ref name=":0">{{cite book | last1=Allen | first1=Terre | last2=Plax | first2=Timothy | title=New Directions in Group Communication | chapter=Exploring Consequences of Group Communication in the Classroom: Unraveling Relational Learning | publisher=SAGE Publications | publication-place=Thousand Oaks | year=2002 | doi=10.4135/9781412990042.n12 | pages=219–234| isbn=9780761912811 }}</ref>

The next concern that leads students to developing group hate is that students get sick of working with the same group members over and over again.&nbsp; Cooperative learning &nbsp;is becoming so common that students are beginning to develop group hate simply because they are doing too many group projects. Students express opinions such as, "so many group projects with the same people", and, "we are all up in each others business".<ref name=":0" /> While the building of personal relationships can be a positive aspect of cooperative learning, it can also be a negative if a person has to continually work with people who are constantly letting them down or who are difficult to work with. Unfortunately, it is common to have group members that exhibit signs of loafing within the group.<ref>{{Cite periodical |last=Glenn |date=2010 |title=Students Give Group Assignments a Failing Grade |periodical=The Chronicle of Higher Education }}</ref>