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Exploration of the best way of studying

Nowadays every teacher, every student, every professor , just everybody use his own way of studying process. Some of them prefer when students work in groups, some prefer individual work of students. 

First of all it should be taken into consideration that people have really different speed and ways of perception, processing, storing, reproduction and if for one person work in a team is a good way of study, it can be the worst way for another one. 
Let's consider some advantages and disadvantages of these types of studying.


Pros of working in a team: 
- there is an exchange of knowledge, ideas and ways of thinking with each other in group 
- the process of working in a group is based on exchange of opinions and on estimation
- A team working contributes to interaction among students 
- every student can judge himself and his problems from different points of view
- development of analytical thinking 
- students can overcome the language barrier 

Pros of individual work: 
- aspiration and ability to think independently 
- ability to orientate in any new situation and to adopt to a particular situations
- students who work on their own can find their own approach to solving any tasks
- having many ways of extraction of knowledge 

Cons of a team working: 
- due to the big amount of people in the group , student May be 
- students may have different abilities for learning , working and communicating , that is why not all of them can work together 
- students can have different level of knowledge and it will be worse for everybody 
- strict schedule of classes may be also as a problem for students
- when students do one project , some of them can do less than others and it will be unfair for students worked well

Cons of individual work : 
-when student works on his own, he does not have possibility to have a conversation about studying with somebody 
- - individuals wont develop communicative skills such as: compromise, discussions, proving your own point of view
-sometimes it is very useful to compare in order to motivate people to work better and harder
-group spirit and finding common language are also crucial for individuals, while working alone can not provide this opportunity


In conclusion, we can say that the base of the best way of studying is inside of this quote: "Tell me, and I will forget. Show me and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand."Confucius.
In other words, every student should decide what will be better the best way of studying for him only and choose that works for him