Cooperative and collaborative learning are instructional approaches in which students work together in small groups to accomplish a common learning goal.They need to be carefully planned and executed, but they don't require permanently formed groups. The sites below will help you with developing well-planned activities and assignments that require collaboration and cooperation in the classroom.
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Source |
Description |
Collaborative Learning: Group Work and Study Teams |
Barbara Gross Davis, University of California, Berkeley |
This is a chapter summary from Barbara Gross Davis’ book Tools for Teaching. It provides some excellent strategies for incorporating cooperative activities into the classroom |
Cooperative Learning Structures |
Barbara J.Millis, United States Air Force Academy |
This site provides a 16 different cooperative learning “structures” that can be used in any classroom or discipline. They need to be carefully planned and executed, but they don't require permanently formed groups. |
Cooperative Learning: Students Working in Small Groups |
Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University |
This is a newsletter article that provides some hints and guidelines for implementing cooperative learning tasks in the classroom. It also includes a preparatory checklist for these activities. |
Cooperative Learning in Higher Education |
Susan Ledlow, Arizona State University |
This is a short article that warns that cooperative learning is more than just having students work in groups. One must plan and manage the activity well. |
Cooperative Learning |
Jennie Dautermann, State University of New York |
This site provides a brief description of cooperative learning and most importantly, “15 Common Mistake in Cooperative Learning and What to Do About Them” and “7 Tips for Successful Cooperative Learning at a Distance.” |
