Deerfield High School Library

Teacher Links - Classroom Group Work

Researchers report that, regardless of the subject matter,
 students working in small groups, 
tend to learn more of what is taught and retain it longer
 than when the same content is presented in other instructional formats.
Barbara Gross Davis, Tools for Teaching

Internet Links

• Working in Small Groups  - University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• Small Group - Calgary Health Region.
• Approaches to Teaching in English Small Group Work - Victoria Department of Education and Training.
• Group Work in the Classroom:  Small Group Tasks - University of Waterloo, Ontario.
• Types of Small Groups - University of Waterloo, Ontario.
• Working and Learning in Small Groups: Suggestions from U of M Professors - University of Manitoba.
• Small Group Communication - The University of Pittsburgh.
• Problem Solving in Groups - Center for Instructional Development and Research.
• Cooperative Learning: Students Working in Small Groups - Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching