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Virginia Tech
Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking
Included here is a study of collaborative learning versus individual learning. This study provides details of its methodology and its findings.
Other
Unboxed: Collaboration, Critique and Classroom Culture
Create a classroom where students collaborate with others, recognize improvement in their work, and help each other strive to work harder.
Other
Bit Tech Labs: Student Collaboration: What, Why and Tools!
This article discusses the importance of digital collaboration and provides a list of collaboration tools and explains how they can be used.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: An Overview and Analysis of Cooperative Learning
A teaching resource on cooperative learning including topics such as Collaborative Learning 101, Benefits of Collaborative Learning, Initial Considerations, Assessing Preferred Learning Styles, and Disadvantages of Collaborative Learning.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: An Overview and Analysis of Cooperative Learning
A teaching resource on cooperative learning including topics such as Collaborative Learning 101, Benefits of Collaborative Learning, Initial Considerations, Assessing Preferred Learning Styles, and Disadvantages of Collaborative Learning.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: An Overview and Analysis of Cooperative Learning
A teaching resource on cooperative learning including topics such as Collaborative Learning 101, Benefits of Collaborative Learning, Initial Considerations, Assessing Preferred Learning Styles, and Disadvantages of Collaborative Learning.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: An Overview and Analysis of Cooperative Learning
A teaching resource on cooperative learning including topics such as Collaborative Learning 101, Benefits of Collaborative Learning, Initial Considerations, Assessing Preferred Learning Styles, and Disadvantages of Collaborative Learning.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Using Collaborative Strategic Reading
In this article, the Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) technique is explained, along with research to support the use. The technique teaches students to use comprehension strategies, while working cooperatively, as they engage in the...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Learned It Online
Preparing the new generations for college and career readiness absolutely requires us to ensure our children are competent and comfortable in the use of a variety of digital tools. Young scholars will be learning about a topic online and...
Edutopia
Edutopia: Common Ground: Teaching Kids the Benefits of Working Together
Article discusses how cooperative learning helps create the essential skill of working (and compromising) within a group.
Other
Aslh: Language Based Learning Disabilities
Provides valuable information on language-based learning disabilities, listing risk factors, characteristics of language problems, Speech Pathologist role, assessment in the classroom, and treatment. A valuable reference site for the...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: The in Between Years
Comprehensive AP European History learning module on the "Inbetween Years" following WWI, traces the years from the Treaty of Versailles to the rise of Nazi and Fascist regimes in Europe. Includes individual as well as collaborative...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: An Overview and Analysis of Cooperative Learning
A teaching resource on cooperative learning including topics such as Collaborative Learning 101, Benefits of Collaborative Learning, Initial Considerations, Assessing Preferred Learning Styles, and Disadvantages of Collaborative Learning.
Other
Youth Learn: An Introduction to Inquiry Based Learning
As this site states in its opening sentence, "Inquiry-based learning is not a new technique." However, the suggestions and tips offered here might well help any teacher or teaching team to create or refine inquiry-based projects that...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Professional Learning Communities
Professional learning communities (PLC) establish a schoolwide culture that develops teacher leadership explicitly focused on building and sustaining school improvement efforts. Generally, PLCs are composed of teachers, although...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: Great Grouping Strategies
Strategies for grouping students during cooperative learning including Pick a Word, Tongue Depressors, Color Pencils, Group of the Day, Genre Groups, Burger Buddies, and Birthday Buddies.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: Great Grouping Strategies
Strategies for grouping students during cooperative learning including Pick a Word, Tongue Depressors, Color Pencils, Group of the Day, Genre Groups, Burger Buddies, and Birthday Buddies.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Sharing Original Nursery Rhymes (Distance Learning)
Collaboration of creative writing/creative dramatics using Distance Learning. With a partner, students will write an original nursery rhyme and share/present with another class (Distance Learning) through presentations (dramatization,...
Intel Corporation
Intel Education: Benefits of Project Based Learning [Pdf]
This article gives a brief overview of project-based learning and its effectiveness as an instructional strategy as well as its potential to help develop 21st century skills. Requires Adobe Reader.
Intel Corporation
Benefits of Project Based Learning [Pdf]
This article gives a brief overview of project-based learning and its effectiveness as an instructional strategy as well as its potential to help develop 21st century skills. Requires Adobe Reader.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Animal Adaptations
Students use technology tools to research and produce a multimedia product on animals and their habitats. This a collaborative project involving the library media specialist, classroom teacher, and special education teacher.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Challenges of the Great Plains Farmer
Students will work in groups of four to create presentations using their research on a particular farming invention that was created from (1837-1867) and also research specific elements about life on the Great Plains. Each group's...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Women in the White House
In this lesson plan, students will consider Women in the White House. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this lesson, students explore the role and impact of recent First Ladies through...
SEDL
Classroom Compass: Cooperative Learning
Get background about various ways to build cooperative learning into your curriculum, particularly in science and mathematics courses. Includes a bibliography and list of other resources.