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Group work

  • Gr oup Work
    A site from Flinders University which discusses the benefits and problems of group work and offers strategies for enhancing effective group assignments.

  • Guide to Best Practice: Group Work
    A well written site from Lincoln University (New Zealand) that discusses: the rationale for using groups, types of groups, why groups work well and why they fail, forming groups, and assessing and evaluating groups.

  • Enhancing Experiences of Group Work
    A resource kit developed by UTS to assist in the management and motivation of student groups. Includes units on: Designing Group Assignments, Preparing Students for Group Work, Forming Effective Groups, Getting Groups Started, Monitoring Groups, Assessing Groups, and Helping Students Reflect on their Group Experience.

  • Small Group Teaching
    David Jacques (Oxford-Brookes University) highlights key questions that should be asked about the characteristics of a group, leadership interventions and group evaluation.

  • How to improve student learning in Tutorials [PDF]
    Outlines how a deep learning approach and active learning strategies can be fostered in tutorials, and the issues surrounding this mode of teaching. Includes a tutorial preparation template. 9 pages- 163K)

  • Collaborative Learning - Small group learning
    Web site containing five sections: Stories (Stories from teachers from many disciplines describing the CL implemented in their classrooms); Doing CL (Group dyamics and CL techniques); Resources (Annotated bibliography, list of experts and more); More Info (Does it work?, setting up groups, student comments); FAQs.