Collaborative Learning in Middle & Secondary Schools Applications & Assessments

Provides middle and high school teachers with strategies and activities for cooperative and collaborative learning. Specific connections for teachers who are teaching in block schedule formats are made throughout. Discussion of social skills for productive collaboration is followed by a brief review of cooperative learning as a tool for teaching older students. Much information is provided in areas of teacher decision making and student assessment. Includes student assessment tools. The authors teach undergraduate and graduate courses in teacher preparation at Edinboro University Of Pennsylvania. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR