Success for All is the most extensively researched of all comprehensive reform models for Title I elementary schools. It incorporates scientifically based principles of reading, cooperative learning, professional development, tutoring, and family support. Schools in Upstate New York using the Success for All reading program continue to make…

Success for All is the most extensively researched of all comprehensive reform models for Title I elementary schools. It incorporates scientifically based principles of reading, cooperative learning, professional development, tutoring, and family support. Wisconsin elementary schools using the Success for All reading program have once again made …

Group activities are becoming more and more popular in the teaching of second/foreign languages and other subjects in Thailand and around the world. Since about 1970, a great deal of work has gone into research and methodology in order to develop ways that teachers can help their students learn more effectively and happily in groups. Many people…

Change seems to be a constant in education. We can better understand and implement change in second language education if we look for connections between changes. The concept of paradigm shift offers one means of making such connections. This article describes eight changes that fit with the paradigm shift in second language education toward what…

As a result of the inefficiency of lectures, the increase in scientific knowledge, and today's cooperative work environment, several written assignments for teams were designed for chemistry students. Assignments consist of fundamental topics and definitions eliminated from lectures. Benefits besides the group experience included better textbook…

Research into computer-supported collaborative working (CSCW) and computer-supported cooperative learning (CSCL) traditionally emphasize their differences, but each research domain can offer insights into the other. This article draws on both research areas to create a framework based on activity theory for applying communication technology to…

Discusses a sixth-grade assignment to conduct an interview with someone to find out as much as possible about that individual's profession as well as ways in which mathematics are used in that profession. Peer teaching, communication, and reasoning were natural consequences of this activity. (AIM)

Examination of effects of students with disabilities (N=614) on group cooperation in 3,731 grade-five groups that were completing group science projects found that most integrated groups functioned like groups with all general education students but that groups with students having behavioral disorders or mental impairments had less participation…

Presents three problems based on the price of aluminum designed to encourage students to be cooperative and to use an investigative approach to learning. Students collect and synthesize information, analyze results, and draw conclusions. (AIM)

Examined group and individual factors that facilitate changes in cooperation and learning outcomes in trained and untrained work groups of elementary school-age children (N=192). Results indicate observable differences between student interactions in the two conditions. Trained students were more cooperative and helpful to each other, compared to…

Describes both successes and problems in the use of computer-mediated communications (CMC) to support flexible patterns of teaching and learning within higher education (HE) based on experiences at several universities in the United Kingdom. Topics include cooperative learning; flexible access; and opportunities for women. (Author/LRW)

Describes a teaching innovation by way of replacing standard physiology laboratories with small group workshop tasks dealing with selected physiology problems and data. Students focus on establishing a knowledge base and solving problems relating to physiology. Initial experiences show improved student motivation and attitude, and improved…

The North Carolina Partnership Training System, a federally funded technical assistance project, convened a Principals Task Force to examine inclusion practices. They identified several facilitators and barriers to inclusion and found that block scheduling, collaborative teaching, cooperative learning, interdisciplinary planning, heterogeneous…

Describes a technique that combines the use of a story grammar strategy with cooperative learning procedures to promote greater reading comprehension. Step-by-step instructions for cooperative story mapping are provided, along with an illustration of a story map. The implications for special and remedial education are also discussed. (Author/CR)

A survey of United Kingdom universities investigated the nature and extent of group learning/group assessment in undergraduate computer science courses. Qualitative and quantitative data assessed amount and control of group learning/group assessment, methods of grading groups, and teachers' attitudes toward groups. Results show the approach to be…