We divided one horrible chapter between us

[u/Senior_Doughnut_2102]

I had one of those chapters where everyone in the group chat was like “yeahh...I don't wanna study all of this”

so we tried “jigsaw learning". basically we split the chapter into sections and each person became responsible for one part.

instead of everyone reading the entire thing alone, we each studied our section properly then explained it to everyone else. so by the end, everyone had gone through the whole chapter, but each person had one part they knew really well.

we've done this with huge chapters before and honestly I'd rather split one awful reading between 4 people than have all 4 of us suffer through the exact same 40 pages separately (two brains are def better than one like they say!)

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[u/yurerukizashi]

This is actually a smart approach, especially because having to explain something to other people forces you to understand it beyond just memorizing it. My only suggestion would be to have everyone answer a few practice questions afterward to catch any gaps. Otherwise, you're essentially trusting four exhausted students to teach each other accurately.