A student posted a rant about group work on my blog (http://teachingprofessor.blogspot.com. If you haven’t joined the blog, please feel welcome to. It’s free and, with the subscriber base growing, the posts are generating some interesting commentary). What the student says in the rant is not surprising. Most of us already know this—a lot of students really hate group work. Some of that is because not all learners find the group setting conducive to learning. But some is the result of poorly designed group activities and projects. Here are some common design flaws that compromise group functioning and thereby the learning potential of those in the group.