Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty (American Council on Education/Oryx Press Series on Higher Education)

By Philip G. Cottell Jr. and Barbara J. Millis

Book Overview

This practical, how-to book on co-operative learning is designed to serve as a resource for faculty members at colleges and universities. It offers an overview of the co-operative learning process, including its rationale, its research base, its value, and its practical implementation. The authors also describe a variety of approaches to co-operative learning drawn from complementary movements such as classroom research, writing across-the-curriculum, computer technology and critical thinking. They begin with a basic structure for implementing a co-operative learning programme, then move progressively through more complex activities. Numerous examples of actual co-operative learning programmes are included which span a wide variety of disciplines. These examples underscore how a successful programme can bolster student achievement, increase self-esteem, and foster the spirit of teamwork. This book should appeal to those new to the cooperative learning process, as well as to established practitioners in the field.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897749901
• ISBN13: 9780897749909
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Encyclopedic

I have practiced cooperative learning in Elementary Statistics for sophomore prior to read Millis and Cottel's book. The book confirms the best practices for that subject particulary in chapter seven. What can be suggested is to include more one way of team formation: use Kolb's Learning Style Inventory. It actually does work. Details like the extra topic or extension activities for groups that work more rapidly than others demonstrate that the authors have practical experience about some problems to overcome.