The Power of Study Groups

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/50432.html

Part 1

Working Together Helps Everyone

You may have noticed that when you’re explaining something you've learned to a friend, you begin to understand it better yourself. This happens because, when you explain an idea, you need to think more deeply about it.

The same principle makes study groups useful. Studying with others in a small group is helpful because you:

·      Think out loud.

·      Share ideas.

·      Learn from one another.

In an effective study group, you and other students hash out lessons materials together- explaining concepts, arguing about them, figuring out why one person’s answer differs from another’s- and in the process you most likely learn more than you would have studying by yourself.

Jenna helped out a girl named Deb win a race that they were both competing against each other. Deb was in the lead and Jenna was trying to pass her when all of a sudden Deb stopped running. The reason was because Deb popped her hip bone and it broke. She was in great pain. When Jenna saw that Deb stopped she stopped as well to help her out. Jenna helped Deb win the race.

I think that what Jenna did was a really good thing. Even though it wasn't her teammate or her friend that was still nice. Not many people do nice things like that but when people do that I think that it’s really nice.