Editing Cooperative learning (section)

=== Assessment of groups ===

It is a common practice to have the groups self assess after the project is complete. However, "assessment can be the Achilles heel of cooperative learning".<ref>{{cite book | editor-last=Boud | editor-first=David | editor-last2=Cohen | editor-first2=Ruth | editor-last3=Sampson | editor-first3=Jane | title=Peer Learning in Higher Education | place=London | publisher=Routledge | date=2001 | isbn=978-1-135-38346-6 | doi=10.4324/9781315042565 | page=}}</ref> Students often will assess their group positively in hopes that they will in return be assessed the same way. This often leads to inaccurate assessments of the group. "For most instructors, one of the greatest pedagogical challenges for a group communication course is to help students realize that the benefits of cooperative learning outweigh the costs involved".<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last=Barton |date=2005 |title=Turning Grouphate into competent communication: Shared Governance and the small group classroom |journal=North Dakota Journal of Speech & Theatre}}</ref>