Additional Info:
This volume contains material on research based teaching techniques for use in higher education. The focus is on small group learning procedures. None of this material has previously appeared in book form. Twenty of the articles first appeared in the Cooperative Learning and College Teaching newsletter that Jim Cooper and Pamela Robinson edited from 1990 to 1999. These articles address applications of small group learning within a variety of academic disciplines. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
A Note from Jim Cooper and Pamela Robinson

Part I: Making the Case for Small Group Learning
ch. 1 Preparing Students for an Interdependent World: The Role of Cooperation and Social Interdependence Theory (Karl A. Smith)
ch. 2 Cooperative Learning: Relationships Among Theory, Research and Practice (David W. Johnson, and Roger T. Johnson)
ch. 3 An Instructional Revolution for Higher Education: Rationale and Proposed Methods (Spencer Kagan)
ch. 4 Promoting Deep Learning Through Cooperative Learning (Barbara J. Millis)
ch. 5 The Case and Context for Cooperative Learning (Joe Cuseo)

Part II: Implementation of Small Group Techniques
ch. 6 Lectures: Their Place and Purpose (Joseph Cuseo)
ch. 7 Problems with Lecturing (David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson, and Karl A. Smith)
ch. 8 Lecturing with Informal Cooperative-learning Groups (David W. Johnson, Roger T. Johnson and Karl A. Smith)
ch. 9 Using Assessment to Improve: Cooperative Learning (Thomas A. Angelo)
ch. 10 Practice Activities and Your Textbook (Susan Prescott Johnston)
ch. 11 Trouble-Shooting (Susan Prescott Johnston)
ch. 12 Cooperative Poster Presentations (Rose Ann Swartz)
ch. 13 Teams of Four are Magic! (Spencer Kagan)
ch. 14 Increasing Thinking: Through Cooperative Writing (Barbara J. Millis)
ch. 15 Using Group Investigation to Enhance Arab-Jewish Relationships (Rachel Hertz-Lazarowitz)

Part III: Small Group Learning Within the Disciplines
ch. 16 Cooperative Learning and American History (Deborah Dentler)
ch. 17 Cooperative Learning Structures to Foster Student Involvement (Elaine M. Aschettino)
ch. 18 How Chemistry Concep Tests Are Used (Jim Cooper)
ch. 19 ESL Students and the Cooperative College Classroom (Kate Kinsella, and Kathy Sherak)
ch. 20 Learning Techniques and the Basic Writer (Wendy Slobodnik)
ch. 21 College Writing and Cooperative Learning: Implications for Writing Across the Curriculum (Joseph B. Cuseo)
ch. 22 Cooperative Learning in a Sequence of Engineering Courses: A Success Story (Richard M. Fedler)
ch. 23 Jeopardy 305: A Cooperative Learning Method for Teaching History and Systems of Psychology (Lisa Gray-Shelberg)
ch. 24 Classroom-Tested Collaborative Learning Tasks (Edwina Stoll, Barbara Illowsky, Jim Lutto, John Swensson, and Sally Wood)
ch. 25 Cooperative-learning Teams to Establish "International Connections" (Rose Ann Swartz)

Part IV: Applications of Small Group Work and a Look to the Future
ch. 26 Five Must-Know Kagan Structures for Higher Education (Spencer Kagan, and Miguel Kagan)
ch. 27 Constructive Controversy: Energizing Learning (David W. Johnson, and Roger T. Johnson)
ch. 28 The Missing Link: Planning for Student Engagement (Susan Johnston)
ch. 29 Faculty Learning Communities as Catalysts for Implementing Successful Small Group Learning (Cynthia G. Desrochers)
ch. 30 Cooperative Learning and Discipline-Based Pedagogical Innovations: Taking Advantage of Complementarities (Mark Maier, KimMarie McGoldrick, and Scott Simkins)
ch. 31 The Value of Interaction Treatment in Distance and Online Learning (Rana M. Tamim, Robert M. Bernard, Eugene Borokhovski, and Philip C. Abrami)
ch. 32 Intellectual Exploration Together (Donald Bligh)