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Name
of Project: Cooperative
Learning Workshop: Using Student Groups/Teams to Promote Learning
Description:
The workshop, presented by Dr. Karl Smith from the University of
Minnesota, focused on the instructor's role in designing and implementing
informal and formal cooperative learning strategies as a means of
creating high performance team learning environments. Research-based
key elements of cooperative learning - positive interdependence,
individual and group accountability, promotive interaction, teamwork
skills, and group processing - were explained and emphasized. The
workshop included modeling of hands-on activities, video examples,
small and large group discussion, and some presentation.
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| Goals: |
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Provide
summary of strategies for engaging students in lecture classes |
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Demonstrate
active and cooperative learning strategies, including simulation
and video examples of structuring student-student interaction
during class time. |
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Model
turn-to-your-neighbor informal cooperative learning. |
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Discuss
aspects of the instructor's role before, during, and after instruction
including student participation, grading, fairness, and group
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Outcomes:
The
workshop was universally well received. Participants responded to
Dr. Smith and the topic with great enthusiasm. They have requested
a follow-up in order to keep in touch with the other participants
and to see how the others fared this semester with their attempts
at implementing some of these ideas in their courses. The Director
of ISBT will organize some kind of informal get-together at the
beginning of the spring semester 2003 for this discussion.
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