Survey Statement: I gained valuable written communication experience from the group project paper.

 

Average Student Response (1 = "Strongly disagree; 5 = "Strongly agree"): 3.7

 

Student comments on the research paper (from survey; unedited and unaltered):

 

• The group paper taught me a lot about entomophagy. The strengths were that it allowed me to work closely with group members and gain experience with writing a long research paper. The weakneses were that I thought the page length required adding unecessary information. I thought a 10-page paper was more appropriate.

 

• 15 pages was a bit long for one subject

 

• It helped me develop some group skills, such as planning, communication, and staying on the time mark.

 

• It was really hard to meet up and make the paper flow

 

• Group didn't help much. Maybe have groups with different sections.

 

• ...helps you learn how to communicate with a group

 

• It allowed us to communicate and work together. 15 pages was a bit much considering the topic.

 

• As with any group project, some people just don't carry their weight. I ended up having to do a lot of extra work for that reason.

 

• Strength: It was beneficial and interesting researching an insect order. It taught me a lot. Weakness: I felt like I did the majority of the work on the paper, which was irritating.

 

• I think the project would have been more informative if ti was about the insect group as a whole and not just entomophagy. It is really hard to find information about people eating insects simply because a lot of people do not like them.