Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty, 2/e (Paperback)

A guide to thirty-five creative assignments for pairs and groups

Collaborative Learning Techniques is the bestseller that college and university faculty around the world have used to help them make the most of small group learning.

A mountain of evidence shows that students who learn in small groups together exhibit higher academic achievement, motivation, and satisfaction than those who don't. Collaborative learning puts into practice the major conclusion from learning theory: that students must be actively engaged in building their own minds. In this book, the authors synthesize the relevant research and theory to support thirty-five collaborative learning activities for use in both traditional and online classrooms.

This second edition reflects the changed world of higher education. New technologies have opened up endless possibilities for college teaching, but it's not always easy to use these technologies effectively. Updated to address the challenges of today's new teaching environments, including online, "flipped," and large lectures, Collaborative Learning Techniques is a wonderful reference for educators who want to make the most of any course environment. This revised and expanded edition includes:

• Additional techniques, with an all-new chapter on using games to provide exciting, current, technologically-sophisticated curricula
• A section on effective online implementation for each of the thirty-five techniques
• Significantly expanded pedagogical rationale and updates on the latest research showing how and why collaborative learning works
• Examples for implementing collaborative learning techniques in a variety of learning environments, including large lecture classes and "flipped" classes
• Expanded guidance on how to solve common problems associated with group work

The authors guide instructors through all aspects of group work, providing a solid grounding in what to do, how to do it, and why it is important for student learning. The detailed procedures in Collaborative Learning Techniques will help teachers make sure group activities go smoothly, no matter the size or delivery method of their classes. With practical advice on how to form student groups, assign roles, build team spirit, address unexpected problems, and evaluate and grade student participation, this new edition of the international classic makes incorporating effective group work easy.

《合作學習技巧》是一本暢銷書，全球的大學教師都使用它來幫助他們充分利用小組學習。大量的證據表明，一起學習的學生在學術成就、動機和滿意度方面都比那些沒有進行合作學習的學生表現更好。合作學習實踐了學習理論的主要結論：學生必須積極參與建構自己的思想。在這本書中，作者們綜合了相關的研究和理論，支持35種合作學習活動的應用，適用於傳統和線上課堂。

這本第二版反映了高等教育的變化。新技術為大學教學開辟了無限的可能性，但要有效地使用這些技術並不總是容易的。為了應對當今新的教學環境（包括線上、翻轉課堂和大型講座），《合作學習技巧》進行了更新，是教育工作者們在任何課程環境中充分利用的絕佳參考資料。這本修訂和擴充版包括：

- 額外的技巧，新增了一章關於使用遊戲提供令人興奮、時尚且技術先進的課程
- 對每一種技巧的有效線上實施部分
- 顯著擴充的教學理論基礎和最新研究的更新，展示合作學習如何以及為什麼有效
- 在各種學習環境中實施合作學習技巧的示例，包括大型講座課和翻轉課堂
- 關於如何解決與小組工作相關的常見問題的擴充指導

作者們指導教師們在小組工作的各個方面，提供了堅實的基礎，包括該做什麼、如何做以及為什麼對學生學習重要。《合作學習技巧》中詳細的程序將幫助教師確保小組活動順利進行，無論課堂的規模或傳遞方式如何。本書提供了實用的建議，包括如何組建學生小組、分配角色、建立團隊精神、應對意外問題以及評估和評分學生參與度。這本國際經典的新版使有效的小組工作變得輕鬆。