Candice Benjes-Small wrote: “I’ve had a lot of luck assigning the reading “Coping with Couch Potatoes and Hitch hikers” to students and having them write a reflection on it based on their past group experiences. Then, we have a great discussion about what makes for a positive group experience. The reading is included in Barbara Oakley et al’s “Turning student groups into effective teams” article, available at:”
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Oakley-paper%28JSCL%29.pdf
There was more at the National Academies workshop this summer. I’ll have to see if I can find it….