group work in education

Explores how a truly collaborative environment forms the core of literary experiences and offers suggestions on how teachers can develop the same environment in their classrooms.

Twenty-three essays discuss secondary and post-secondary writing instruction, presenting tested ideas for classroom practices, portfolios, peer review, evaluation, and utilization of e-mail and other electronic tools.

Contains a collection of cooperative learning activities for grades four through eight on the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas and includes information about their culture, science, religion, family, and art.

Excellent novels and picture books provide the basis for activities and discussion.

Explains formative assessment, discusses common misconceptions about it, and provides strategies for using it in the classroom.

Provides strategies for effective group work in the classroom, discussing how to create interdependence and positive interactions, design challenging and engaging tasks, ensure accountability, foster interpersonal skills, assess learning, and other related topics; and includes examples.