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Banting, Nat; Simmt, Elaine – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2017
In this paper we frame our observations in enactivism, specifically problem posing, to propose the notion of problem drift as a method to analyze the curriculum generating actions of small group learning systems in relation to teacher interventions intended to trigger specific content goals. Teacher attentiveness to problem drift is suggested to…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Teaching Methods, Small Group Instruction, Intervention
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Burton, Megan – Young Children, 2010
Creating meaningful math experiences that reach children with diverse abilities, home languages, learning styles, and backgrounds is a daunting challenge for all teachers. Primary teachers often receive little professional support for achieving this complicated task in mathematics (NCTM 2000). This article explores how five different math…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Student Diversity
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Silk, John; Bowlby, Sophia – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 1981
Describes the use of optional group projects for third-year college-level geography students. The authors conclude that this format, besides being intellectually rewarding, teaches students valuable research, problem solving, and social skills. (AM)
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Problem Solving
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Pearson, Erica – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
Five problem-based learning activities tested by fourth-grade gifted students are suggested. Each open-ended problem is intended to be worked on by a small group for 30 minutes. Student reactions are quoted and analyzed, noting that students became more willing to take risks, test the properties and limits of their materials, and learn from their…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Creative Development, Creative Thinking, Creativity
Scout, Terrence H. – 1980
This paper explains how a sociology teacher used a Guided Design approach to teach students in an introductory college level sociology course about the process and content of sociology and about problem solving. In a Guided Design approach, topics are presented as problems which students can solve by using prepared reading materials and by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Content, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
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Kyriacou, Chris; Newson, Graham – Mathematics in School, 1991
Small group work has grown in use throughout the 1980s. Reported are six issues that were raised concerning small groups resulting from a series of workshops for university students in which the students worked on problems in groups, jointly planned tasks, and critiquing their use during their practice experience. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods, Learning Activities
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Brown, Susan Wightman; Jurney, Mary Ann – Science Scope, 1997
Describes a partnership project where each fourth and fifth grade classroom of an elementary school has a "buddy class" at a neighboring middle school. Elementary and middle school students work together in solving scientific or mathematical problems. Helps students at both schools improve their math and science skills as well as their…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Government School Relationship, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
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Yachel, Erna; And Others – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1991
Discussed is the research project that used small-group problem solving as a primary instructional strategy of second grade mathematics for an entire year. The mutual construction of classroom norms for cooperative learning style is illustrated and examples of resulting learning opportunities are given. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Houston, Linda S. – 1990
Collaborative learning in the English classroom actively involves students in learning many useful applications of writing skills for use in future careers. In the work place, for instance, collaboration takes place regularly and group skills are of major importance. Job-related writing involves many forms of collaboration from the start of a…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Freshman Composition, Higher Education, Learning Activities
Treat, Carol Lou; Bormaster, Jeff – 1978
This workbook provides affective education activities in building human relations skills in elementary and secondary school students in small discussion groups. Goals of the talking-listening-communicating (TLC) groups are: to develop positive regard for individual differences; to build a sense of belonging; to foster horizontal, nonauthoritative…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Communication Skills, Decision Making Skills, Discussion Groups
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Toumasis, Charalampos – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents two worksheets that ask students to count and classify the triangles that can be formed with a given total number of toothpicks or a given number of toothpicks for one side of the triangle. A third worksheet asks students to identify patterns observed during the investigations. Provides reproducible worksheets. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Discovery Processes, Geometric Concepts
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Hadley, William S. – Mathematics Teacher, 1992
Presents and discusses assumptions for a general-mathematics problem-solving curriculum that incorporate the belief that all students can do algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, that mathematics must be presented in problem situations, and that students should work cooperatively. Worksheets provide exemplary problem-solving activities. (MDH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Group Activities
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Miller, William A. – Mathematics Teacher, 1991
Provided is a teacher's guide for a problem-solving activity that establishes a link between number patterns and geometry by focusing on the development of recurrence relations established when generating central polygonal numbers. Reproducible worksheets and a 3.0 BASIC program for the activity are given. (MDH)
Descriptors: Algebra, Cooperative Learning, Discovery Learning, Enrichment Activities
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Laney, James D.; Moseley, Patricia A. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1990
Argues the archaeologist/anthropologist approach motivates and engages students, and teaches interpretive and problem-solving skills. Outlines a role play for intermediate grades in which students observe, describe, and make inferences about the contents of a suitcase packed by someone known to the students. Lists objectives, materials,…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Archaeology, Cooperative Learning, Inferences
Eitington, Julius E. – 1996
This updated and expanded edition provides a number of new concepts and techniques that should prove valuable to the trainer who is interested in involving his/her learners experientially. It primarily cover methods that relate to the delivery of the training. The book's organization reflects group-in-action bias--the more participative,…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Case Studies, Experiential Learning
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