The article, Coping with Hitchhikers and Couch Potato’s on Teams, gives a helpful insight into how to deal with lazy or non-productive teammates in classroom group assignments. The article also provides several examples of how to handle situations where hitchhiker or couch potato students are causing problems in a team.
Authors
This article was written by Barbara Oakley and was adapted from “It Takes Two to Tango: How ‘Good’ Students Enable Problematic Behavior in Teams” Ms. Barbara wrote this adaptation for the Journal of Student Centered Learning.
Audience
This article is a portion of the Journal of Student Centered Learning, Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2002, specifically, pp. 19-27. This article was written with the intended audience of college students, and with the purpose of assisting students in typical university situations. The article seems to be aimed at new students who have no, or little experience with group projects.
Topic and Position
The position the author takes in this article is that the blame for…show more content… 19-27. No other references were mentioned.
Drawing Conclusions
What is your personal response to the article?
I do not agree with the stance of this article, but I believe this is because I am further along in my education and have experienced several group projects, instead of being a first or second year as I believe this article is targeted for.
How does it apply to this course?
This article can be applied very strongly to this course, as this course is fully encompassed by group work.
Why you chose this particular article?
It was assigned in class for this article review.
Did you like the article?
Yes, it was one of the most interesting article reviews I have been assigned.
Do you have any criticisms or questions?
I have stated my criticism previously and I have no questions regarding this
