Cooperative Learning Styles: The Evolved Group Project
The “Typical” Group Project Often times, students will fall into one of several roles for a group project and will not divide work evenly. This […]
Making Group Projects Enjoyable Instead of Dreaded
Imagine this scenario… It’s the week before finals and you get assigned a group project to complete before your final. The groups are assigned – […]
Extreme Group Work: Cooperative Learning
Think back to high school and all those group projects or group activities. Did you ever feel disconnected from your group? Like you were the […]
Group Work Doesn’t Have to be as Terrible as it Sounds!
As soon as a teacher says “group project” or “work in groups” suddenly your gut reaction of dread and probably loathing occurs. Why? Is group […]
Cooperative Learning In the Classroom
What is Cooperative Learning? So many of my teachers assign projects that involve some type of group work to encourage us to work together. But […]
Teamwork: Makes the dream work
There are two kinds of people in the world… 1. People who like group work 2. People who HATE group work (I’ve worked in groups […]
The Importance of Interdependence Within the Classroom
Group Work “Scaries” Everybody has heard the common horror stories about group work. Typically, there is the group member that hoards the project, the member […]
Cooperative Learning
It’s all about Cooperative Learning these days. Think back to your middle or high school years for a minute. Did you ever have an assignment […]
Team Work Makes the Dream Work
What is cooperative learning? First, lets define cooperation: (noun) the process of working together to the same end. Now, lets break down the definition itself. “Working […]
Cooperative learning, not just a group project!
In some cases, group projects can be cooperative but as we all have found out the hard way sometimes group projects are not cooperative at […]