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ERIC Number: EJ608312
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-0633
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Going Deeper: Formal Small-Group Learning in Large Classes.
Smith, Karl A.
New Directions for Teaching and Learning, n81 p25-46 Spr 2000
Describes formal, intensive small group activities in large college classes, as well as initiatives to redesign courses around small-group learning. Strategies include "jigsaw," structured controversy, problem-based cooperative learning, and restructured lecture-recitation-laboratory activities. Notes basis of such strategies in constructivist pedagogy. (DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Higher Education, Small Group Instruction, Student Participation
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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Note: Theme issue: "Strategies for Energizing Large Classes: From Small Groups To Learning Communities."