Teaching Strategies: Active and Collaborative Learning
Active Learning
Active learning is a process whereby students engage in higher-order thinking tasks such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Cooperative learning, problem-based learning, and the use of case methods and simulations are some approaches that promote active learning. This section provides links to bibliographies, research summaries, articles, and other resources about active learning.
Deborah Ball : Engaging Students in Large Classes (Video, 2009)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/faculty/Thurnau/ThurnauVideos.php
Deborah Ball, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Education, is skilled at engaging students in large classes. This video shows her working with students in a large, introductory, team-taught course (Public Policy 201) and discussing her approach to active engagement. Dr. Ball is Dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan.
Scott Moore: Using Technology and Collaboration to Engage Students (2009, video)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/faculty/Thurnau/ThurnauVideos.php
Scott Moore, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Business, discusses how he revised a course to increase student motivation and engagement using project-based learning and technology tools, such as blogs and wikis. Navigate to Prof. Moore's class website: http://bit330f08.wikidot.com/. Dr. Moore is Director of the BBA program at the University of Michigan?s Ross School of Business.
Definitions of Active Learning (University of California at Davis)
http://trc.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/activelearningtacucd.pdf
List of suggestions for incorporating active learning in the college classroom, as well as a list of web links to other active learning sources.
Professional Development Module on Active Learning (Texas Collaborative)
http://www.texascollaborative.org/activelearning.htm
Summary of research and resources pertaining to active learning. Includes specific strategies for use in specific disciplines such as humanities, business/economics, mathematics, and the sciences.
Active Learning for the College Classroom (Paulson and Faust, California State University, Los Angeles)
http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/main.htm
A survey of a wide variety of active learning techniques which can be used to supplement rather than replace lectures; includes 29 activities and exercises instructors can use in class.
Resources for Interactive Lecturing
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/interactive/index.html
This online learning module on Interactive Lectures has strategies and specific classroom examples of activities to involve students in large and small lecture-based classes. Developed by the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College.
Collaborative Learning
CRLT Resources on Cooperative Learning, Group Work, and Teamwork
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/clgt.php
Links to several pages of bibliographies related to cooperative and team learning.
Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses (ERIC)
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Coopreport.html
Offers ideas for using cooperative learning effectively in technical courses, gives warning of the problems that might arise when CL is implemented, and provides assurances that the eventual benefits to both instructors and students amply justify the perseverance required to confront and overcome the problems.
The Collaborative Learning Page of the NISE (National Institute for Science Education)
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/cl1/CL/clhome.asp
Compilation of resources and real life examples of collaborative learning in the classroom. The section on “Doing CL” lists several activities that can be used in the classroom, along with explicit directions. The “Stories” section includes cases submitted by faculty members across the country about their personal experiences with collaborative learning.
The Cooperative Learning Center (University of Minnesota)
http://www.co-operation.org
This site contains a number of resources about cooperative learning, primarily in the form of essays on the methods and implementation of CL in college classrooms. Includes links to cooperative learning newsletters back to 1996.
Effective Strategies for Cooperative Learning (Felder & Brent, 2001)
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Papers/CLStrategies(JCCCT).pdf
This resource is a follow up to Felder & Brent’s 1994 work on Cooperative Learning in Technical Courses (posted above), and focuses on practical strategies for teamwork, grading, and distance learning.
Enhancing Learning - and More! - Through Cooperative Learning (IDEA Center, Millis, 2002)
http://www.theideacenter.org/sites/default/files/IDEA_Paper_38.pdf
This paper describes cooperative learning, and how it can enhance critical thinking, promote “deep” (as opposed to superficial) learning, encourage both self-esteem and the acceptance of others, and improve interpersonal effectiveness (with an emphasis on team skills).
The Collaborative Research Model: Student Learning Team in Undergraduate Research (University of Oregon)
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/crmodel/index.html
Describes a flexible model for collaborative student research in coursework across the curriculum. The foundation of the model lies in its cooperative stance, which supports students in working together toward informed decision making on a common research problem.
See also: Teaching Strategies: Group Work and Team Work
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Teaching Strategies: Group Work and Team Work
Cooperative learning involves having students work together to maximize their own and one another’s learning (Johnson, Johnson & Smith, 1991). This page provides resources about cooperative learning, designing effective small group activities, and guidance for creating and sustaining effective student learning groups in engineering and lab courses.
CRLT Resources on Cooperative Learning, Group Work, and Teamwork
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/publinks/clgt.php
A comprehensive list of resources on the effectiveness of cooperative learning, group work, teamwork, and best practices.
The collaborative research model: Student Learning Team in Undergraduate Research (University of Oregon)
http://tep.uoregon.edu/resources/crmodel/index.html
Describes a flexible model for collaborative student research in coursework across the curriculum. The foundation of the model lies in its cooperative stance, which supports students in working together toward informed decision making on a common research problem.
Group Work in an Introductory Science Laboratory (Cooper, from Guidebook for Teaching Labs for University of Michigan)
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/P7_8.php
Introductory science laboratories in the university setting often have to rely on the utilization of groups to efficiently use resources that are available. Includes ideas for group work by the students, with small group-instructor interaction, as an effective way to present material in the introductory laboratory.
Facilitating Small Groups: Elements of a Teaching Plan (Stanford University, 1999)
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/cgi-bin/docs/ta/pdf/Master_smgroup.pdf
Outlines suggestions for using collaborative tasks to accomplish course goals, including advice on how to avoid potential problems; also includes a brief bibliography on cooperative learning.
Team work and group work (Michigan Engineering)
http://www.engin.umich.edu/teaching/assess_and_improve/handbook/direct/teamwork.html
Resource from the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering with ideas that may be useful for creating assessable teamwork assignments that foster the learning of teamwork.
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