Using the concept of “educational alliances,” the idea that certain types of social interactions lead to greater trust, respect, cooperation and responsibility for learning, an interdisciplinary research team looked at social interactions in the Odegaard Library Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs). Our goal was to better understand the nature of these instructor-student and student-student interactions: how they are facilitated and how they affect the quality and perceptions of student learning experiences. We conducted our research with four instructors teaching undergraduate courses in the ALCs during Winter Quarter 2015. Courses ranged from 100 – 400 level, ranged in size from 30 – 56 students, and were in the humanities and sciences. The ...
In this chapter we examine the core activity of schools-learning and teaching. In the first section ...
This article presents the findings of a research study which aimed at exploring the collaborative pr...
This book recognizes the importance of cooperative learning, in contrast to the traditional classroo...
Using the concept of “educational alliances,” the idea that certain types of social interactions lea...
Learning is a continuing social action that takes place through interactions with the environment an...
There is an extensive literature conducted from a range of theoretical perspectives and methodologie...
Social well-being is an active part of every students life in the classroom. The importance of fitti...
Building Trust and Collaboration in the Classroom / Stefanie Ashley, Eastern Kentucky University The...
Collaboration in Action was designed to facilitate a learning environment that would increase motiva...
Group activities give students the opportunity to interact with their peers. The purpose of this pap...
Cooperation is an important part of group life. Its benefits range from the autotelic quality of wor...
Active Student Participation imagines learning as a shared venture between educators and students. I...
Cooperative learning is a reviving classroom structure that is sweeping across schools. Cooperative ...
In this action research study of my classroom of 8th grade mathematics, I investigated the effects o...
Learning communities, freshman interest groups, or cluster classes are a relatively new trend on col...
In this chapter we examine the core activity of schools-learning and teaching. In the first section ...
This article presents the findings of a research study which aimed at exploring the collaborative pr...
This book recognizes the importance of cooperative learning, in contrast to the traditional classroo...
Using the concept of “educational alliances,” the idea that certain types of social interactions lea...
Learning is a continuing social action that takes place through interactions with the environment an...
There is an extensive literature conducted from a range of theoretical perspectives and methodologie...
Social well-being is an active part of every students life in the classroom. The importance of fitti...
Building Trust and Collaboration in the Classroom / Stefanie Ashley, Eastern Kentucky University The...
Collaboration in Action was designed to facilitate a learning environment that would increase motiva...
Group activities give students the opportunity to interact with their peers. The purpose of this pap...
Cooperation is an important part of group life. Its benefits range from the autotelic quality of wor...
Active Student Participation imagines learning as a shared venture between educators and students. I...
Cooperative learning is a reviving classroom structure that is sweeping across schools. Cooperative ...
In this action research study of my classroom of 8th grade mathematics, I investigated the effects o...
Learning communities, freshman interest groups, or cluster classes are a relatively new trend on col...
In this chapter we examine the core activity of schools-learning and teaching. In the first section ...
This article presents the findings of a research study which aimed at exploring the collaborative pr...
This book recognizes the importance of cooperative learning, in contrast to the traditional classroo...