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DuFrene, Debbie D.; Lehman, Carol M. – 1996
This paper suggests methods for incorporating cooperative learning into the college classroom, including both short-term and long-term activities. It stresses the importance of self-directed work teams in the work environment and the contribution of cooperative learning in the college classroom to building team work skills. Cooperative learning is…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Educational Methods, Group Activities
Sharan, Yael; Sharan, Shlomo – 1992
This book provides educators with the background and procedures needed to conduct group investigation, a method for classroom instruction in which students work collaboratively in small groups to examine, experience, and understand their topic of study. Significantly different from traditional instruction, group investigation is designed to appeal…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Activities, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Shulman, Judith H., Ed.; And Others – 1995
This two-volume set offers 16 narrative case studies and a facilitator's guide. Cases were written by teachers about their personal experiences with teaching and groupwork, especially the problematic situations and dilemmas they faced. Groupwork is a well-documented and highly recommended strategy for enhancing students' academic, cognitive,…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
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Lehman, Peter – Teaching Sociology, 1997
Describes a research project in which the students examine data showing the income disparity between men and women. The students decide on which sociological theories might explain this discrepancy and devise a study to test this hypothesis. Includes instructions for the assignment and guidelines for cooperative learning. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Comparable Worth, Cooperative Learning, Economic Status
Sapin, Kate; Watters, Geraldine – 1990
This handbook on participative learning is designed for workers involved in community and adult education programs, staff development, and youth, community, and social work organizations. The introduction explores a theoretical basis for participative learning and defines terms. Chapter 1 examines program planning issues and includes some useful…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Committees, Community Education, Community Organizations
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Goodwin, Leonard; And Others – Bioscience, 1991
Reports on the impact of an introductory biology course sequence that incorporated experience-based, group learning. Achievement results indicate that students were not disadvantaged by this new approach and, in fact, displayed a superior grasp of group-work, open lab utilization, and creative problem solutions. Attitudes regarding anxiety over…
Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions
Johnson, David W.; And Others – 1991
This monograph explores the current use in higher education of cooperative learning, the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize their own and each other's learning. The opening section sets out to define cooperative learning, and to look at the history of the technique, its basic elements, types of cooperative…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Competition, Cooperative Learning