Many students don’t greet with much enthusiasm teachers’ efforts to have them work in groups. They may not state their objections verbally, but the nonverbal reactions are eloquent. They just sit there; only with much urging do they look at those sitting nearby and move minimally in the direction of getting themselves seated together as a group. This lack of enthusiasm is at some level a recognition that it is so much easier to sit there and write down the teacher’s answers. The resistance also derives from previous experiences in groups where nothing or very little happened. Often very little happens in groups because students don’t tackle the tasks with much enthusiasm—a kind of vicious cycle develops here—but group ineffectiveness may be the product of poorly designed group tasks as well. A carefully thought out, creative, and purposeful task can impact student passivity and engender much more positive feelings about group work.