Designing Groupwork Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom 3rd Edition by Elizabeth Cohen, Rachel Lotan ISBN 0807755662 9780807755662

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ISBN 10: 0807755662
ISBN 13: 9780807755662
Author: Elizabeth Cohen, Rachel Lotan

As teachers today work in ever more challenging contexts, groupwork remains a particularly effective pedagogical strategy. Based on years of research and teaching experience, the new edition of this popular book features significant updates on the successful use of cooperative learning to build equitable classrooms. Designing Groupwork, Third Edition incorporates current research findings with new material on what makes for a groupworthy task, and shows how groupwork contributes to growth and development in the language of instruction. Responding to new curriculum standards and assessments across all grade levels and subject areas, this edition shows teachers how to organize their classroom so that all students participate actively. This valuable and sensible resource is essential reading for educators at both the elementary and secondary levels, for teachers in training, and for anyone working in the field of education.

“There is nothing as practical as a good theory, experts often say. Complex Instruction is surely one terrific theory, and Designing Groupwork is certainly one terrific book.”
—From the Foreword by Linda Darling-Hammond, Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education, Stanford University

“Hugely respectful, this book doesn’t simply tell educators what to do, but explains why and how their practice of groupwork can be both deeply educative and powerfully equitable.”
—Jeannie Oakes, director, Educational Opportunity and Scholarship, Ford Foundation, and Presidential Professor Emerita, UCLA

“Designing Groupwork has become a well-thumbed mainstay on teachers’ and teacher educators’ book shelves. The new edition updates a classic text for those who want both theory and practice on using this tool for daily lessons in diverse classrooms.”
—Larry Cuban, Professor Emeritus of Education, Stanford University

“One of the most useful and well-researched books on the topic. One of the best resources for teachers seeking to build communities of learners within their classroom walls. Designing Groupwork has earned its place in the library of anyone seeking to create high-achieving, equitable classrooms.”
—Horace (of second edition)

Designing Groupwork Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom 3rd Table of contents:

1. Groupwork as a Pedagogical Strategy

What Is Groupwork?

The Power of Principles

Use of Research

How True Are the Principles?

2. Why Groupwork?

Intellectual Goals

Social Goals

Improving Classroom Management

Promoting Equity in Heterogeneous Classrooms

3. The Dilemma of Groupwork

Behavior of Task-Oriented Groups

Expectations and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Educational Disadvantages of Dominance and Inequality

4. Preparing Students for Cooperation

Getting Students Ready for Groupwork

Cooperation and Antisocial Behavior

Norms as a Practical Classroom Tool

5. Planning Groupwork in Stages

Structures for Working Together

Designing the Task

Setting the Stage

Assessment of Learning and for Learning

A Note About Time

6. Crafting Groupworthy Learning Tasks

Open-Ended, Uncertain Tasks

Multiple Entry Points and Demonstrations of Competence

Discipline-Based, Intellectually Important Content

Positive Interdependence and Individual Accountability

Evaluation Criteria for Group Product and Individual Report

Instructions to the Group Task

A Note About Time

7. Groupwork and Language Development

Perspectives on Language in Equitable Classrooms

Language Demands and Affordances in Groupwork

8. Group Roles and Responsibilities

Efficient and Effective Groups

“How” Roles

Dividing the Labor

Assigning Roles

Developing Roles

Long-Term Projects

9. The Teacher’s Role: Letting Go and Teaming Up

Delegating Authority

Working as a Team

10. Treating Expectations for Competence

From Low Status to Intellectual Resource

Expectation Training: Evidence from Research

The Multiple-Ability Strategy

Assigning Competence to Low-Status Students

11. Evaluating Groupwork in Your Classroom

Tools for Evaluation

Reflecting on Groupwork

12. Groupwork in the Bilingual Classroom

Oral Proficiency

Grade-Level Curriculum in Heterogeneous Settings

Finding Out

Conclusion

Appendix A: Cooperative Training Exercises

Making Students Sensitive to Needs of Others in a Group

BROKEN CIRCLES

JIGSAW PUZZLES

MASTER DESIGNER

GUESS MY RULE

RAINBOW LOGIC

Preparing Students for Groupwork That Features Group Discussion

EPSTEIN’S FOUR-STAGE ROCKET

IMPROVING GROUP PROCESS SKILLS

Sample Discussion Tasks

SPACESHIP

ALLIGATOR RIVER

TEACHER-LED DISCUSSION AND STUDENT PRACTICE

COMMUNICATION WORKSHEET

Appendix B: Tools for Groupwork Evaluation

Sample Student Questionnaire

Guide to Analyzing the Student Questionnaire

References

Index

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