The teacher's sourcebook for cooperative learning practical techniques, basic principles, and frequently asked questions

• Main Author: Jacobs, George M (Author)
• Other Authors: Power, Michael A, Loh, Wan Inn
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Corwin Press 2002
• Subjects: Teaching > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Aids and devices; Group work in education > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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• Physical Description: xv, 168 pages illustration 29 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-162) and index
• ISBN: 9780761946090

The authors reveal considerable wealth of experience as teachers and as users of CL. This will be a very successful book' - Jon A Scaife, Lecturer in Education, School of Education, University of Sheffield The authors of this volume define cooperative learning as "principles and techniques for helping students work together more effectively." Teachers of every level will find this book full of useful ideas on how the power of student-student cooperation can enliven their classrooms. The authors share eight key principles of creating effective and efficient cooperative learning (CL), along with a variety of CL techniques and examples of how to use them. Research has shown that by participating in CL, students can benefit in the following areas (supporting research is described in the Resources):