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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

Unlike group work, cooperative learning activities are highly structured, with defined roles, steps, and time limits. Avoid simple tasks that can be done individually—design work that fosters interdependence and leverages diverse perspectives. solving a case study, evaluating evidence, or designing a project).

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

Unlike group work, cooperative learning activities are highly structured, with defined roles, steps, and time limits. Avoid simple tasks that can be done individually—design work that fosters interdependence and leverages diverse perspectives. solving a case study, evaluating evidence, or designing a project).

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

As we re-evaluated our teaching, we sought new ways to teach culture, and above all, ways to develop our students’ ability to make cultural connections, a skill that is part of the learning goals of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). The instructor can then adjust the course as needed.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

As we re-evaluated our teaching, we sought new ways to teach culture, and above all, ways to develop our students’ ability to make cultural connections, a skill that is part of the learning goals of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL). The instructor can then adjust the course as needed.

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Space Matters: Lessons Learned from an Active-Learning Classroom

Edsurge

The old arrangement strongly suggested—and really only supported—interactions between student and instructor or student and computer. Now, as an active-learning classroom, the default arrangement is for students to work in teams—six team stations for up to 36 students. I would put classes in there that are made up of groups.”

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

Scholarly Teacher

Group work is a great tool in a STEM teacher’s arsenal, and one of the most important ways that modern teaching is deviating from the traditional lecture (Freeman et al., Unfortunately, managing group work as a teacher is a honed skill that requires time, practice, and initially involves some risk.

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How to Motivate and Engage the Whole Class

Faculty Focus

Some students prioritize their academic work and decide how much effort to put into a certain course, thus the same student’s motivation in different subjects may range from less motivated to highly motivated. As instructors, we want to motivate and engage the whole class and bring everyone to mastery of the course. How can we do that?