Designing Groupwork: Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom

Synopsis

Groupwork As A Pedagogical Strategy -- Why Groupwork? -- The Dilemma Of Groupwork -- Preparing Students For Cooperation -- Planning Groupwork In Stages -- Crafting Groupworthy Learning Tasks / Rachel A. Lotan -- Groupwork And Language Development / Rachel A. Lotan -- Group Roles And Responsibilities -- The Teacher's Role : Letting Go And Teaming Up -- Treating Expectations For Competence -- Evaluating Groupwork In Your Classroom -- Groupwork In The Bilingual Classroom / Elizabeth Cohen -- Appendix A : Cooperative Training Exercises -- Appendix B : Tools For Groupwork Evaluation. By Elizabeth G. Cohen & Rachel A. Lotan ; Foreword By Linda Darling-hammond And John I. Goodlad. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.