Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty

Angelo, Thomas A.

ISBN 10: 0787955183 / ISBN 13: 9780787955182

Published by Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787955183
• ISBN 13: 9780787955182
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Engaging students in active learning is a predominant theme in today's classrooms. To promote active learning, teachers across the disciplines and in all kinds of colleges are incorporating collaborative learning into their teaching. Collaborative Learning Techniques is a scholarly and well-written handbook that guides teachers through all aspects of group work, providing solid information on what to do, how to do it, and why it is important to student learning. Synthesizing the relevant research and good practice literature, the authors present detailed procedures for thirty collaborative learning techniques (CoLTs) and offer practical suggestions on a wide range of topics, including how to form groups, assign roles, build team spirit, solve problems, and evaluate and grade student participation.

About the Author

Elizabeth F. Barkley is professor of music at Foothill College in Los Altos, California. She is also is a national Carnegie Scholar and was named California’s 1998 Higher Education Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

K. Patricia Cross is professor of higher education, emerita, at the University of California, Berkeley. She is author or coauthor of seven Jossey-Bass books, including Accent on Learning, Adults as Learners, Classroom Assessment Techniques, and Classroom Research.

Claire Howell Major is associate professor of higher education administration at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa instead of University of Alabama in Birmingham.