- Students working together in a group small enough so that everyone can
  participate on a clearly assigned task

- The students carry out the tasks without direct supervision of the teacher

- An important feature of groupwork is delegating authority (Elizabeth Cohen)
  This is similar to controlled floundering in the video Common Miracles

-  Students have delegated authority when they are allowed to struggle and make
  mistakes on their own

- Students then are free to accomplish the given task in the matter they think is
  best  but are still accountable to the teacher for the final product

- Elizabeth Cohen is a professor of education and sociology at the School of Education, Stanford
  University