Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding
The benefits of collaborative learning are well documented—and yet, almost every teacher knows how group work can go wrong: restless students, unequal workloads, lack of accountability, and too little learning for all the effort involved. In this book, educators Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Sandi Everlove show you how to make all group work productive group work: with all students engaged in the academic content and with each other, building valuable social skills, consolidating and...
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The benefits of collaborative learning are well documented-and yet, almost every teacher knows how group work can go wrong: restless students, unequal workloads, lack of accountability, and too little learning for all the effort involved. In this book, educators Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Sandi Everlove show how to make all group work productive group work: with all students engaged in the academic content and with one another, building valuable social skills, consolidating and extending their knowledge, and increasing their readiness for independent learning.The key to getting the most out of group work is to match research-based principles of cooperative learning with practical action. Classroom examples across grade levels and disciplines illustrate how toCreate interdependence and positive interactionModel and guide group work sDesign challenging and engaging group tasksEnsure group and individual accountabilityAssess and monitor students' developing understanding (and show them how to do. the same)Foster essential interpersonal skills, such as thinking with clarity, listening, giving useful feedback, and considering different points of view.
Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 11 Denning Productive Group Work 132 Using Positive Interdependence 233 Promoting Face-to-Face Interaction 374 Ensuring Individual and Group Accountability 515 Building Interpersonal and Small-Group Skills 686 Incorporating Group Processing 847 Getting Started: Questions and Answers 97Conclusion 109Resources 116Index 121About the Authors 126
