Cooperative Learning in Context: An Educational Innovation in Everyday ClassroomsCooperative Learning in Context examines the real-world implications of cooperative learning techniques used in a culturally diverse, suburban elementary school fourth grade mathematics class and sixth grade social studies class. Evelyn Jacob takes an anthropologist s eye to document not just the successes, but also the failures and missed opportunities exhibited by the participating teachers and students. Six interwoven contextual aspects that affect teaching and learning are explored: task structure, psychological and technical tools, interpersonal interactions and social relationships, individual and social meanings, local cultures and institutions, and larger cultures and institutions. In exploring the implications of the study, Jacob discusses how an understanding of contextual features can enable educators to improve the processes and outcomes of cooperative learning and other powerful educational innovations. |
Contents
Cooperative Learning | 13 |
The Larger Setting | 23 |
TeamsGamesTournaments in Fourth Grade Mathematics | 29 |
Learning Together in Sixth Grade Social Studies | 65 |
Acquiring English in Content Classes | 107 |
Context and Cooperative Learning | 125 |
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Cooperative Learning in Context: An Educational Innovation in Everyday ... Evelyn Jacob Limited preview - 1999 |
Cooperative Learning in Context: An Educational Innovation in Everyday ... Evelyn Jacob Limited preview - 1999 |
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