TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cooper,James
AU  - Cooper,James L.
AU  - Robinson,Pamela
AU  - Ball,David
TI  - Small group instruction in higher education: lessons from the past, visions of the future 
SN  - 9781581071658
AV  - LB1032.B187.S635 2009 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Stillwater, Oklahoma
PB  - New Forums Press
KW  - Group work in education
KW  - College teaching
KW  - Education, Higher
KW  - Research
KW  - Higher & Continuing Education
KW  - Faculty development
N1  - 1 (pages 367-368); SECTION ONE: Group learning: Definitions and distinctions --; What is cooperative learning? / Jim Cooper --; Building bridges between cooperative and collaborative learning; Roberta S. Matthews, James L. Cooper, Neil Davidson, and Peter Hawkes --; Collaborative and cooperative learning in higher education: a proposed taxonomy; Joe Cuseo; SECTION TWO: Why use cooperative strategies? Research and theory --; FIPSE-sponsored CL research at Dominquez Hills and community colleges /Jim Cooper and Pamela Robinson --; Research on cooperative learning in college science, mathematics, engineering, and technology; Leonard Springer --; How cooperative learning can fulfill the promises of the "seven principles" / Barbara Mills --; What matters in college? Implications for cooperative learning of a new national study; Alexander W. Astin --; Critical thinking and cooperative learning: A natural marriage; Joseph B. Cuseo. --; Cooperative learning: a pedagogy for diversity; Joseph B Cuseo --; Ten reasons college administrators should support cooperative learning; Jim Cooper; SECTION THREE: Informal small-group procesures --; A cooperative learning structure for large classes: think-pair-share; Barbara J. Millis and Philip G. Cottell Jr.  --; Think-Pair-Square applied to a review session; Joy Ollen --; Guided peer questioning: A cooperative learning approach to critical thinking; Alison King --; Quick-thinks: Active-thinking tasks in lecture classes and television instruction; Susan Johnston and Jim Cooper --; Supporting student success through scaffolding; Susan Johnston --; The use of pairs in cooperative learning; Mel Silberman; SECTION FOUR: Formal cooperative-learning strategies --; More tips for getting started in cooperative learning (CL) / Susan Prescott-Johnston --; Getting started with cooperative learning; Susan Prescott-Johnston --; Using small-group development to facilitate cooperative learning base groups; Nancy E. Stetson --; College classrooms' lost gold mine: the cooperative base group; Susan E. Gruber and Darlene Vanselow Habamek --; Structured controversy/constructive controvery; David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson and Karl A. Smith --; Group investigation in the university classroom; Shlomo Sharan; SECTION FIVE: Implementing interactive group instruction: practical advice --; Faculty and student resistance to cooperative learning; Ted Panitz --; Building community one brick at a time; Marcy Hamby Towns --; Group formation in cooperative learning: What the experts say; Jim Cooper --; Trouble-shooting cooperative learning; Susan Prescott Johnston --; Trouble-shooting cooperative learning; Susan Prescott Johnston --; Trouble-shooting; Susan Prescott Johnston --; Peer revision: Sharing the power and the work; Susan Johnston --; Supporting student success in the classroom; Susan Johnston; PennsylvaniaRT II: What the experts are thinking --; The 21st century college: The three Cs; David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson --; Cooperative learning and service learning: Soul-mates for reflection in higher education; James Mitchell --; Small-group learning in higher education: a status report and an agenda for the future; James L. Cooper, David Ball and Pamela Robinson --; Cooperative-learning structures for brain-compatible instruction; Spencer Kagan --; Surveys and cooperative learning: using student experiences as the basis for small-group work; Mark H. Maier --; Using cooperative games for learning and assessment; Barbara J. Millis --; The interactive lecture: reconciling group and active-learning strategies with traditional instructional formats; James L. Cooper, Pamela Robinson, and David Ball --; A crisis of clarity; Susan Johnston --; The status of small-group instruction, 2008: What the experts say; Jim Cooper and Pamela Robinson; 2
N2  - The second edition of this title represents a compilation of work completed by Jim Cooper and his colleagues in the Network for Cooperative Learning in higher education over the last fifteen years, including eight new chapters were written specifically for this edition. It presents a look at the history of small group instruction research, theory and practice and offers a glimpse at the future of this powerful instructional strategy; Amazon
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