group work in education

Presents strategies for increasing the level of collaboration and achievement in the classroom with cooperation, use of data-based analysis, and integration of new technologies.

Provides specific information on how to transform schools into results-oriented professional learning communities, describing the best practices that have been used by schools nationwide.

Offers teachers a comprehensive overview of cross-curricular projects that emphasize collaboration and help students create inquiry circles that will expand their research skills and broaden their knowledge of various subjects.

Presents a conceptual framework for transforming schools into professional learning communities in which attempts at school improvement are judged on the basis of how student learning is affected, offering suggestions on time management, and including case studies, and a question and answer section.

Presents an introduction to the writing workshop and explains how such workshops can be used to develop strong writing skills in students, discussing time and space, the writing cycle, assessment and evaluation, and other topics.

A guide to forming, managing, and assessing peer-led book discussion groups that provides strategies, structures, tools, and stories which demonstrate how to launch a guide successful literature circles.

Provides guidance for teachers using peer response groups in secondary school and college writing courses, discussing common problems, the teacher's role, and other related topics, and providing transcripts from group sessions and before-and-after samples of student writing.