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Summary:

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 together exhibit higher academic achievement, motivation, and satisfaction than those who don't. Collaborative learning puts into practice the major conclusion from learning theory: that students must be actively engaged in building their own minds. In this book, the authors synthesize the relevant

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.

Author/Creator:

Barkley, Elizabeth F. , author

Contributors:

Major, Claire Howell , author

Cross, K. Patricia (Kathryn Patricia), 1926- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Collaborative learning techniques: a handbook for college faculty [by Barkley, E.F.]

Other Related Resources:

Other format: Collaborative learning techniques [by Barkley, E.F.] (Second edition; San Francisco : Jossey-Bass & Pfeiffer Imprints, Wiley, [2014] — ISBN 9781118761557; LCCN 2014010517; OCLC Number 884500099)

Related Series:

Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Subjects:

Team learning approach in education — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

College teaching — Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Team learning approach in education

College teaching

Genres:

Handbooks and manuals

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 417 pages).

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LB1032 .B318 2014eb

ISBNs:

9781118761267
111876126X
9781118761670
1118761677
9781118761557 (Paper) [Invalid]
1118761553 [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2014029316

OCLC Numbers:

884571147

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1745058 (source: MiAaPQ)