Cooperative Work Groups Preparing Students for the Real World [Hardcover]

Mandel outlines how educators can design meaningful learning experiences that will effectively develop a student's ability to thrive in the twenty-first century's workforce.

Mandel outlines how educators can design meaningful learning experiences that will effectively develop a student's ability to thrive in the twenty-first century's workforce.

Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Why Cooperative Work Groups?
The New Classroom Battle: What Today's Businesses Want Versus Traditional Teaching
Components of the Cooperative Work Group Concept
Cooperative Work Groups
The Scope of this Book
Part I: The Way Students Accomplish Tasks
1. An Advanced, Modern Form of Cooperative Learning
Putting Theory Into Practice: How Could They Make a Difference?
2. Group Formation
Putting Theory Into Practice: Mr. Washington's Cooperative Work Groups
3. Leadership
Putting Theory Into Practice: Distributing the Leaders
4. Materials
Putting Theory Into Practice: Collecting Curricular Material for Student Use
5. Teacher Role: Critical Thinking and Classroom Management
Critical Thinking: A Core Component of Student Work
Classroom Management
Putting Theory Into Practice: Planning for Higher-Order Thinking Skills and Dealing With Problems
6. Assessment
Putting Theory Into Practice: Assessing the Experience
A Final Note
Part II: The Way Students Learn Effectively and Efficiently
Putting Theory Into Practice: Why Do They All Have to Be So Different?
7. Brain Research: The Multiple Intelligences
A Quick Overview
Integrating the Multiple Intelligences Into the Classroom Curriculum
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