Faculty & Staff

Instructors frequently express a desire to include more small-group or team-based work in their courses, but are often reluctant to attempt these instructional techniques without concrete tools that ensure high levels of student learning and accountability.  Over the past several decades, research on cooperative learning has yielded many practical guidelines and tools for maximizing such techniques. 

Access the resources below for materials that can help faculty design and implement small-group work, breakout sessions, and team-based learning.

• Leading Seminar Discussions
• Purposeful Uses of Small Groups
• Discussion Guide: Text Rendering
• Discussion Guide: Three Levels of Text
• Turning the Answers Into a Discussion