小组合作学习在高中数学课堂中的运用

小组合作学习在高中数学课堂中可以在一定程度上提高课堂教学效率.为提高小组合作学习的质量,高中数学教师必须要做到三点科学分组合作学习小组;科学布置小组合作学习任务;科学评价小组合作学习的表现.     

浅议提高小学低年级学生小组合作学习成效的有效途径

对于小学低年级学生来说,由于孩子们好动、好说、注意力不集中的特点,更容易使小组合作学习成效降低。那么,如何才能有效提高低年级学生小组合作学习的成效呢?可以从三个方面入手来提高小组合作学习的成效:一是给予合作技能的指导,促进学生养成良好的合作习惯;二是精选合作材料,提高学生小组合作学习的成效;三是时刻关注合作动向,引导学生做到思维上的合作。     

如何在英语课堂中提高小组合作的有效性

小组合作学习是一种以促进学生在小组中彼此互助,共同完成学习任务,并以小组总体表现为奖励依据的学习模式。小组合作学习的实质是通过教师的引导和帮助,在学生间建立积极的相互依存关系,每一个组员不仅自己要主动学习,还要负责任地帮助其他同学学习。本文从学生和教师两个角度分析了如何提高英语课堂中小组合作的有效性。     

浅谈英语课堂小组合作学习模式下的学困生问题

随着新一轮课程改革的开展,小组合作学习模式因有效提高了课堂教学的效率而受到教师的青睐。本研究着重探讨英语课堂小组合作学习模式下的学困生问题,从学困生的课堂表现、成因以及解决对策等三个方面进行分析,以期成功转化学困生,更好地发挥小组合作学习模式的作用。     

浅谈小组“合作式”有效课堂学习合作学习小组的组建

随着课改的不断推进,“合作学习”的教学方式越来越成为新课堂上推崇的教学方式之一.“合作学习”可以 利用团队的力量,结合学生各自的特长和优点共同完成学习任务,提高学习效率,激起学习兴趣,凸显学习的交往性、分享和互动性.本文从三个方面分别阐述了如何有效组建“合作式”小组学习模式,让合作学习真正有机融入课堂.     

践行合作学习理念,提高品德课堂实效——《品德与社会》课堂合作学习的再思考

小组合作学习作为新课程改革背景下的一种新的学习方式和教学组织形式,合作的有效性直接关乎着小组学习质量.但我们不难发现不少课堂的小组合作学习处于随意性的对话之中,学生活跃了,气氛热闹了,一节课下来,学生究竟收获了多少,却不得而知.因为不少“小组合作学习”流于形式,部分学生参与意识不强,高耗低效,主动学习的积极性不高,也不会交流、合作.针对以上问题,我不断在实践中进行反思,觉得在合理分组的前提下,可以从以下三个方面来提高小组合作学习的有效性.     

如何在英语教学中应用小组合作

如何在英英语教学中运用小组合作呢？笔者认为可以从合作学习小组的组建、操作和评价三方面进行着手.     

小学生小组合作学习行动策略

小组合作学习是小学教学中的重要方式,对提高教学质量有着积极的作用。本文从论述小组合作学习的作用入手,从三个方面指出当前小学小组合作学习中存在的主要问题,并从四个方面提出了提高活动质量的意见建议。     

浅谈初中数学“自学、议论、引导”教学法中小组合作学习的有效性

在新时代下,学生的学习方式发生了巨大的变化,其中最重要的一点就是从被动性到主动性的变化。在现阶段的初中数学教学中,小组合作学习模式并不罕见,其不仅能改善学生的人际关系,促使学生和谐相处,而且能唤醒学生的学习主动性。本文将以南通著名教师李庾南提出的"自学·议论·引导"模式中的小组合作教学为例,从小组合作学习的内容及形式、实质及有效性、应用模式三个方面简述我对小组合作学习的几点看法。     

高中英语模块小组合作学习的实施与效果评价

对小组合作学习的实施效果的调查表明,学生对小组合作学习参与度高,表现出较强的兴趣,一定程度上改变了他们上课的专注度,对学生的写作、词汇和语法具有较大的促进作用.但由于对学生在阅读与听说方面的能力提高比较有限,学生对于小组合作学习的满意程度还有待提高.基于此,笔者特提出鼓励学生大胆地说,要求学生跟着磁带朗读、引入背诵竞争机制这三个设想,以期进一步推进小组合作学习的实施效果.     

A faculty team works to create content linkages among various courses to increase meaningful learning of targeted concepts of microbiology

As research faculty with expertise in the area of host–pathogen interactions (HPI), we used a research group model to effect our professional development as scientific educators. We have established a working hypothesis: The implementation of a curriculum that forms bridges between our seven HPI courses allows our students to achieve deep and meaningful learning of HPI concepts. Working collaboratively, we identified common learning goals, and we chose two microorganisms to serve as anchors for student learning. We instituted variations of published active-learning methods to engage students in research-oriented learning. In parallel, we are developing an assessment tool. The value of this work is in the development of a teaching model that successfully allowed faculty who already work collaboratively in the research area of HPI to apply a “research group approach” to further scientific teaching initiatives at a research university. We achieved results that could not be accomplished by even the most dedicated instructor working in isolation.     

网络环境下的自主创新学习模式建构

自主创新学习是培养创新型人才的要求,预期性、参与性、独创性是其基本特征。网络环境下的自主创新学习具有自主性和协作化、开放性和多元化、主创性和个性化等特点,其模式建构从确立目标与创设情境、自主探索与协作交流、反馈评价与总结反思、意义建构与拓展创新四个阶段来探讨。     

Team regulation, regulation of social activities or co-regulation: Different labels for effective regulation of learning in CSCL

Computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) is an approach to learning in which learners can actively and collaboratively construct knowledge by means of interaction and joint problem solving. Regulation of learning is especially important in the domain of CSCL. Next to the regulation of task performance, the interaction between learners who work in a CSCL environment needs to be regulated as well. Despite its importance, the regulation of learning in CSCL has received relatively little attention in research. In the contributions of this special issue different labels are used for various forms of regulation of learning during CSCL. During collaborative learning, the regulation of activities can take place at different levels of social interaction: the individual level, the dyadic level, and the group level. Regulative activities of all three levels are presented in the three studies. All studies have investigated whether the use of regulative activities affected performance, and have found that regulation at the dyadic and/or group level was positively related to group performance. In sum, these three contributions provide a constructive overview of the role of regulation of the (collaborative) learning process in CSCL, both in terms of the impact of regulation on learning processes and learning results as well as the influence of different kinds of support on the regulation of collaborative learning.     

Strengthening collaborative capacity: experiences from a short,intensive field course on ecosystems,health and society

A key capacity for engagement in the emerging field of ecohealth is the ability to work collaboratively. Between 2008 and 2010, the Canadian Community of Practice in Ecosystem Approaches to Health collectively designed and delivered three foundational, intensive, field courses. This paper presents findings derived from both quantitative and qualitative student course evaluation survey data. New insights arise around: the diverse opportunities for learning collaboratively in order to tackle complex socio-ecological issues, the social dynamics of collaborative relationships and learning, and the learning challenges that arise during intensive field courses. The lessons learned from these foundational years have enhanced understanding of the interrelated contributions to collaborative learning and relationship building and their relevance to addressing issues spanning ecosystems, health and society.     

Boosting financial literacy: benefits from learning study

This paper reports on a study that employed a theory-based approach in the form of a learning study to enhance a domain-specific generic capability, financial literacy, of Grade 12 students to empower them to make informed and independent financial decisions. Financial literacy is seen in this study as a function of student understanding of a limited set of interrelated economic concepts that can be used as tools to assess financial situations and make sound financial decisions. Twelve teachers participated in the study. Six worked together in a learning study group and drew on a particular theory of learning in planning and carrying out lessons designed to serve the learning aims, whereas the other six worked collaboratively in a lesson study group. To evaluate the effectiveness of the two learning conditions created by the two groups, 193 students answered questions on complex, everyday financial situations in four tests: a pretest, a posttest following the research lessons, and delayed posttests 6 weeks and 6 months after instruction. The results showed that students in the learning study group outperformed their counterparts in the lesson study group in all three post-lesson tests, and that the inter-group performance gap was maintained or widened over time.     

Desktop multimedia environments to support collaborative distance learning

Desktop multimedia conferencing, when two or more persons can communicate among themselves via personal computers with the opportunity to see and hear one another as well as communicate via text messages while working with commonly available stored resources, appears to have important applications to the support of collaborative learning. In this paper we explore this potential in three ways: (a) through an analysis of particular learner needs when learning and working collaboratively with others outside of face-to-face situations; (b) through an analysis of different forms of conferencing environments, including desktop multimedia environments, relative to their effectiveness in terms of meeting learner needs for distributed collaboration; and (c) through reporting the results of a formative evaluation of a prototype desktop multimedia conferencing system developed especially for the support of collaborative learning. Via these analyses, suggestions are offered relating to the functionalities of desktop multimedia conferencing systems for the support of collaborative learning, reflecting new developments in both the technologies available for such systems and in our awareness of learner needs when working collaboratively with one other outside of face-to-face situations.     

Blending Q and P: incorporating action learning in a Master's programme

This paper is based on the experience of incorporating action learning within a Master's degree programme over a period of 14 years. The MA in Leading Innovation and Change was launched in 1995. It was first developed, and subsequently delivered, by a small group of staff working collaboratively across organisational boundaries. It is currently provided by York St John University. The programme attracts, and has always attracted, mature managers and professionals who undertake their studies part time, gaining the qualification over a period of two years. Action learning has been a part of the programme from the outset, with action learning sets a part of every meeting, alongside more traditional ‘P’ elements, such as lectures, seminars and tutorials and other exercises and activities. Records of participant evaluations of the programme over its lifespan indicate that action learning has been a valued part of the process. The paper explores potential difficulties in incorporating action learning into a programme of this nature and suggests four factors that supported its successful incorporation: the culture of the programme, the stability of the participant and tutor group over time, the size and variety of the participant group and the availability of skilled and experienced action learning facilitators.     

Teaching collaborative skills with a group leader computer tutor

This paper discusses how a group leader computer tutor may aid students in learning collaborative skills in a co-operative learning environment. However, students need to learn collaborative skills and practice using them. The group leader computer tutor discussed in this paper is designed on the principles of co-operative learning, intelligent tutoring systems and computer-supported collaborative work within an intelligent collaborative learning system (ICLS). The group leader aims to facilitate group work on the task level and to teach students how to use collaborative skills in the discussion level as students work on networked computers in the Jigsaw method of co-operative learning. The ICLS and its group leader were used by two classes at a liberal arts university. Qualitative research shows that the students' co-operative attitudes changed and academic achievement improved from pre- to post-treatment. Students, especially, used the communication skill of openness in comment type discussions. The students enjoyed working collaboratively through the ICLS and their teachers thought that the experience was valuable for them.     

Interactive patterns and conceptual convergence during student collaborations in science

This study examines cognitive and social processes in group interactions that shape collaborative learning in science classrooms. Three small groups of students were observed while working collaboratively on explaining the burning of a candle under a jar. The learning environment served as a context for examination of conceptual convergence, a process wherein students construct shared meanings for science concepts through gradual refinement of ambiguous, partial meanings presented in group space. Despite engaging in the same activity with very similar instructional supports, the groups displayed very different patterns of interaction and achieved varied degrees of conceptual convergence. One group collaborated effectively and displayed evidence of individual conceptualizations of science content converging to establish a more well‐informed shared conceptualization. The other groups were not as successful, each for unique reasons. Problems demonstrated in one group included lack of self‐confidence, poor monitoring of group learning, and active avoidance of potentially fruitful conceptual conflicts. The other group struggled primarily because of a combative social context. The major educational significance of this study was the identification of social context and interactive patterns, group approaches to conceptual conflicts, and instructors' roles in collaborative activities as crucial aspects of productive group learning. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 45: 634–658, 2008     

Examining the development of a teacher learning community: The case of a video club

Learning communities have become a widespread model for teacher development. However, simply bringing teachers together does not ensure community development. This study offers a framework for the development of a teacher learning community in a video club. Qualitative coding of video data resulted in characterizing the evolution of the video club group as they collaboratively explored issues of teaching and learning that arose in each other’s classrooms. The relationship between dimensions of the framework and how development on one feature interacts with development on another is discussed. The results inform the design of video-based learning environments for examining teaching practice.