Collaborative Group Work: Theory and Practice

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Collaborative Group Work Theory and Practice
Janet Batzli - Biology Core Curriculum
(Biocore) David Gagnon - Academic Technology / GLS
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Collaboration Activity Timeline
Davidnot quite sure we need this here. I think
you could say the line below during title slide.
Communicate Expectations
Selecting the Challenge
Group Processing
Work
Assessment
Forming Groups
Teach Collaboration
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A worthy challenge requires everyone to bring
their best
Schaffer, D. W. Resnick, M. (1999). "Thick"
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Smith, K, Sheppard, S, Johnson, D Johnson, R
(2005) Pedagogies of Engagement Classroom
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Education.
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Groups should be interdependent
Felder, R, Brent, R. (2001). Effective Strategies
for Cooperative Learning. Journal of Cooperation
and Collaboration in College Teaching. 10(2),
69-75.
Mourtos, N. (1994). The Nuts and Bolts of
Cooperative Learning in Engineering. Frontiers in
Education Conference
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Communicate Expectations
Felder, R, Brent, R. (2001). Effective Strategies
for Cooperative Learning. Journal of Cooperation
and Collaboration in College Teaching. 10(2),
69-75.
Johnson, D, Johnson, R. (1999). Making
Cooperative Learning Work. Theory Into Practice.
38(2). 67-73
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Teach them how to collaborate
Oakley, Hanna, Zuzmyn and Felder (2007) Best
Practices Involving Teamwork in the Classroom
Results From a Survey of 6435 Engineering Student
Respondents IEEE Transactions on Education, 50(3)
Johnson, D Johnson, R. (1990). Social Skills
for Effective Group Work. Educational Leadership.
December 1989/January 1990. 29-33.
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Attendance and punctuality Participation in
discussion Preparedness for meetings Ability to
listen to ideas/concerns of others Ability to
cooperate and/or compromise Fulfills assigned
group role (e.g recorder, facilitator, time
keeper, devils advocate, reporter etc.)
Some Criteria for Defining Collaboration
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Work Time
Selecting the Challenge
Communicate Expectations
Group Processing
Work
Assessment
Forming Groups
Teaching Collaboration
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GOAL Defining Expectations for Collaboration
Criteria
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Reflection improves effectiveness
Smith, K, Sheppard, S, Johnson, D Johnson, R.
(2005). Pedagogies of Engagement Classroom
Based Practices. Journal of Engineering
Education.
Kozlowski et al. Enhancing the Effectiveness of
Work Groups and Teams. Association for
Psychological Science (2006) vol. 7 (3)
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Work Time
David- Not sure that this is necessary here. I
think that the first slide of this will be fine.
Selecting the Challenge
Communicate Expectations
Group Processing
Work
Assessment
Forming Groups
Teaching Collaboration
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Assessment is more than grading
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Learning and Achievement What We Know, What We
Need to Know. Contempory Educational Psychology.
21, 43-69.
Keppell, M., Au, E., Ma, A., Chan, C. (2006).
Peer Learning and Learning-Oriented Assessment in
Technology Enhanced Environments. Assessment and
Evaluation in Higher Education. 31(4), 453-464.
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Debrief