groups
i have my students sit in the room on the first day of class and i than make a seating chart. the table we use seats 3 people and that becomes their team. this has worked very well for many years.
I usually assign groups. Recently, I allowed the students to pick their group members and one group ended up with four members with minimum reserch and computer skills.
They had to create and deliver a power point presentation. It wasn't good. They had to solicit help from various others.
So you assign thier lab groups? I have been letting them select their own groups. I may try assigning them myself to see if that improves the balance of the groups.
