Collaborative learning techniques a handbook for college faculty /

A guide to thirty-five creative assignments for pairs and groups Collaborative Learning Techniques is the bestseller that college and university faculty around the world have used to help them make the most of small group learning. A mountain of evidence shows that students who learn in small groups...

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Main Author: Barkley, Elizabeth F.,
Other Authors: Major, Claire Howell,, Cross, K. Patricia 1926-, Ebooks Corporation.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand, [2014]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 417 pages).
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Establishing the context. Collaborative learning: coming to terms with the term
  • The case for collaborative learning
  • Part 2. Implementing collaborative learning. Designing the learning task
  • Orienting students
  • Forming groups
  • Helping students facilitate group work
  • Evaluating and grading group work
  • Avoiding and resolving problems
  • Part 3. Collaborative Learning Techniques (CoLTs). Discussion CoLTs
  • Reciprocal teaching CoLTs
  • Problem solving CoLTs
  • Graphic organizing CoLTs
  • Writing CoLTs
  • Game CoLTs.