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Hammar Chiriac, Eva; Granstrom, Kjell – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2012
Group work is used as a means of learning at all levels of most educational systems. However, teachers often use group work without considering its "pros and cons." Such a mode of non-reflected application may sometimes end up in positive experiences and learning, but the likelihood is that the outcome will be the opposite. The aim of…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Focus Groups, Cooperative Learning
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Burns, Amy Capwell – Communication Teacher, 2007
The objective of the exercise described here is to teach students about group formation using group concepts and theory. It also provides a unique way to form work groups for class projects. Students will become more aware of the reasons people join groups, the benefits groups provide for them, and an understanding of how groups are formed. The…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Group Activities, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning
Northwest Regional Literacy Resource Center, Seattle, WA. – 1997
This document contains the materials required for two 6-hour workshop sessions designed to introduce educators working with adult basic education (ABE) and/or English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students to the use of cooperative learning in adult education classrooms by modeling. Included in the document are the following: introduction (overviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques
Thorley, Lin, Ed.; Gregory, Roy, Ed. – 1994
The 26 papers in this collection from a British conference first provide an overview of group-based learning in higher education, offer a range of examples, and identify issues and trends. Chapters include: (1) "Introduction" (Roy Gregory and Lin Thorley); (2) "An Overview from Higher Education" (Diana M. R. Tribe); (3)…
Descriptors: Accounting, Administrator Education, Aerospace Technology, Business Administration Education