Assessing Students in Groups

Promoting Group Responsibility and Individual Accountability
Dianne Johnson - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Roger T. Johnson - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Experts in Assessment Series
Assessing Students in Groups
December 2003 | 224 pages | Corwin
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Cooperative groups work to make each member a more successful student.

Compelling research conclusively proves that group learning increases students' academic and social skills. Many teachers use cooperative groups in their classrooms, but they can be extremely difficult to implement and even harder to assess.

Assessing Students in Groups explains how to form productive groups and assess individual student performance in group work. David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson, prominent experts in cooperative learning, provide many practical resources that teachers can put to immediate use, including scoring sheets, observation forms, learning contracts, classroom activities, and questionnaires. Key concepts are clearly defined in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary is included.

This user-friendly and insightful guide includes chapters on:
  • When and where to use groups
  • Making groups productive
  • Developing an assessment plan for groups
  • Assessing performances of individual group members
  • Self-assessment in groups
  • Peer assessment in groups

Designed for teachers, principals, and staff developers, Assessing Students in Groups is also an essential resource for district and state-level administrators and pre-service teachers.  

Contents

Series Editors' Introduction

Series Editors' Introduction

Preface

Preface

About the Author

About the Author

1. The Power of Cooperative Groups

1. The Power of Cooperative Groups

2. Structuring Productive Groups

2. Structuring Productive Groups

3. Developing an Assessment Plan for Groups

3. Developing an Assessment Plan for Groups

4. Using Groups for Individual Assessment

4. Using Groups for Individual Assessment

5. Assessing Groups as a Whole

5. Assessing Groups as a Whole

6. Incorporating Peer Assessment in Groups

6. Incorporating Peer Assessment in Groups

7. Cultivating Self-Assessment in Groups

7. Cultivating Self-Assessment in Groups

8. Designing Group Experiences for Assessment

8. Designing Group Experiences for Assessment

9. Putting It All Together

9. Putting It All Together

References

References

Index

Index

Description

Cooperative groups work to make each member a more successful student.

Compelling research conclusively proves that group learning increases students' academic and social skills. Many teachers use cooperative groups in their classrooms, but they can be extremely difficult to implement and even harder to assess.

Assessing Students in Groups explains how to form productive groups and assess individual student performance in group work. David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson, prominent experts in cooperative learning, provide many practical resources that teachers can put to immediate use, including scoring sheets, observation forms, learning contracts, classroom activities, and questionnaires. Key concepts are clearly defined in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary is included.

This user-friendly and insightful guide includes chapters on:
  • When and where to use groups
  • Making groups productive
  • Developing an assessment plan for groups
  • Assessing performances of individual group members
  • Self-assessment in groups
  • Peer assessment in groups

Designed for teachers, principals, and staff developers, Assessing Students in Groups is also an essential resource for district and state-level administrators and pre-service teachers.  

Contents

Series Editors' Introduction

Series Editors' Introduction

Preface

Preface

About the Author

About the Author

1. The Power of Cooperative Groups

1. The Power of Cooperative Groups

2. Structuring Productive Groups

2. Structuring Productive Groups

3. Developing an Assessment Plan for Groups

3. Developing an Assessment Plan for Groups

4. Using Groups for Individual Assessment

4. Using Groups for Individual Assessment

5. Assessing Groups as a Whole

5. Assessing Groups as a Whole

6. Incorporating Peer Assessment in Groups

6. Incorporating Peer Assessment in Groups

7. Cultivating Self-Assessment in Groups

7. Cultivating Self-Assessment in Groups

8. Designing Group Experiences for Assessment

8. Designing Group Experiences for Assessment

9. Putting It All Together

9. Putting It All Together

References

References

Index

Index

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Assessing Students in Groups

Promoting Group Responsibility and Individual Accountability

Dianne Johnson , Roger T. Johnson
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December 2003 | 224 pages | Corwin

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Cooperative groups work to make each member a more successful student.

Compelling research conclusively proves that group learning increases students' academic and social skills. Many teachers use cooperative groups in their classrooms, but they can be extremely difficult to implement and even harder to assess.

Assessing Students in Groups explains how to form productive groups and assess individual student performance in group work. David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson, prominent experts in cooperative learning, provide many practical resources that teachers can put to immediate use, including scoring sheets, observation forms, learning contracts, classroom activities, and questionnaires. Key concepts are clearly defined in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary is included.

This user-friendly and insightful guide includes chapters on:
  • When and where to use groups
  • Making groups productive
  • Developing an assessment plan for groups
  • Assessing performances of individual group members
  • Self-assessment in groups
  • Peer assessment in groups

Designed for teachers, principals, and staff developers, Assessing Students in Groups is also an essential resource for district and state-level administrators and pre-service teachers.  


Table Of Contents:

  • Series Editors' Introduction
  • Preface
  • About the Author
  • 1. The Power of Cooperative Groups
  • 2. Structuring Productive Groups
  • 3. Developing an Assessment Plan for Groups
  • 4. Using Groups for Individual Assessment
  • 5. Assessing Groups as a Whole
  • 6. Incorporating Peer Assessment in Groups
  • 7. Cultivating Self-Assessment in Groups
  • 8. Designing Group Experiences for Assessment
  • 9. Putting It All Together
  • References
  • Index

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