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Avoiding Dysfunctional Study Groups

Amy Burchfield, Access & Faculty Services Librarian amy.burchfield@law.csuohio.edu | November 12, 2007 - 08:53

As exam period approaches, the last thing you want as an extra stressor in your life is a dysfunctional study group. After all, study groups are supposed to facilitate learning, right? Not become immense wasters of your ever-more-elusive time.

A brief article by Amy L. Jarmon in the November issue of Student Lawyer offers some good "rules of the road" for successful study groups. Some of the tips are just plain etiquette - like having a rotating or permanent group moderator who is responsible for conveying information to others. Other tips are about optimal size of groups (3 - 4 members) or how to benefit from different individual learning styles.

If you want to read the article, you can ask for the current of issue of Student Lawyer at the Information Services desk. Student Lawyer also regularly runs short articles on interviewing, legal writing, professionalism, hot practice areas and other topics. It's the kind of publication you can easily flip through on a quick study break.

And of course, the Library offers study rooms for group study -- but they tend to fill up quickly the closer we get to exams, so reserve one in advance for your group at the Information Services desk.


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