Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty

An updated edition of the bestselling guide to thirty–five creative assignments for pairs and groups Now in its second edition, the bestselling Collaborative Learning Techniques reflects the changed world of higher education and offers college and university faculty a definitive guide for making the most of small group learning. In this new edition, the authors include ideas for using games in technologically–sophisticated curricula, information on effective online implementation for each of the books thirty–five techniques, as well as illustrative examples for adopting collaborative learning techniques in a variety of learning environments, including large lecture classes and flipped classes. The authors guide instructors through all aspects of group work and provide a solid grounding in what to do, how to do it, and why it is important for student learning. Using group work to promote learning depends on well–designed group activities. Id give the collection offered in this book an A+. Maryellen Weimer , editor, The Teaching Professor newsletter So you have flipped your classroom, or decided to make your lectures more interactive, now what? CoLTs provides the answer with 35 specific, research–proven, and clearly described ways to promote positive interdependence, individual accountability, and teamwork skills. Jos Antonio Bowen , author of Teaching Naked and president of Goucher College

Preface About the Authors Part 1: Establishing the Context 1. Collaborative Learning: Coming to Terms with the Term 2. The Case for Collaborative Learning Part 2: Implementing Collaborative Learning 3. Designing the Learning Task 4. Orienting Students 5. Forming Groups 6. Helping Students Facilitate Group Work 7. Evaluating and Grading Group Work 8. Avoiding and Resolving Problems Part 3: Collaborative Learning Techniques (CoLTs) 9. Discussion CoLTs 10. Reciprocal Teaching CoLTs 11. Problem Solving CoLTs 12. Graphic Organizing CoLTs 13. Writing CoLTs 14. Game CoLTs Appendix A Technology Tools Appendix B Classroom Environment Examples Appendix C Professor Names References

Elizabeth F. Barkley is professor of music at Foothill College in Los Altos, California. Claire Howell Major is a professor of higher education at the University of Alabama. K. Patricia Cross is David Gardner Professor of Higher Education, emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.