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Peer reviewedBloom, Joan R. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1979
The effectiveness of a set of curricular activities and differing group experience in facilitating interdependent task structuring by seventh graders were examined. No significant differences were found among the experimental groups, but they structured the task and behaved more cooperatively than the control group. (Author/MH)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperation, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making
Peer reviewedSteinbrink, John E.; Jones, Robert M. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1990
Presents the Two-Level Cooperative Group Learning Model, a small-group instruction technique, developed at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, and based on the Jigsaw II approach. Outlines a sample unit, showing how student expert groups teach their home teams. Demonstrates the technique's benefits: greater student motivation and interaction,…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Download full textChang, Gen Ling; Wells, Gordon – 1987
Noting that collaboration can enhance children's ability to solve problems of increasing difficulty, this paper discusses the theory of collaborative talk in the classroom and how it can be applied. The first section of the paper introduces the notion of collaborative talk by describing a classroom setting and offering an excerpt of two children…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Cooperation
Duttweiler, Patricia Cloud – 1997
This document is designed to help facilitators with the formation and development of effective teams of people who have no previous history as a team and no training in group processes. Part 1 provides a narrative explanation of the stages of group development (investing in membership, forming attachments to subgroups, confronting/debating issues,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Check Lists, Conflict Resolution, Decision Making
Reynolds, Michael – 1994
This book, which is intended for educators and trainers involved in designing group activities, examines the theory and practice of group activities. The first three chapters, which introduce theories about group instruction, deal with the following topics: the rationale for group instruction (types of group methods and reasons for using them);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Educational Benefits
Learning and Skills Development Agency, London (England). – 2003
This teaching and learning guide is designed to provide practical advice and support for teachers who are delivering and assessing the key skill "Working with Others" at Levels 1-3 in schools and colleges in the United Kingdom. It is useful as an introduction to the key skill, source of teaching ideas, reference, or handbook. Section 1…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developed Nations, Employment Potential, Foreign Countries
