Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroductionWhy Cooperative Work Groups?The New Classroom Battle: What Today's Businesses Want Versus Traditional TeachingComponents of the Cooperative Work Group ConceptCooperative Work GroupsThe Scope of this BookPart I: The Way Students Accomplish Tasks1. An Advanced, Modern Form of Cooperative LearningPutting Theory Into Practice: How Could They Make a Difference?2. Group FormationPutting Theory Into Practice: Mr. Washington's Cooperative Work Groups3. LeadershipPutting Theory Into Practice: Distributing the Leaders4. MaterialsPutting Theory Into Practice: Collecting Curricular Material for Student Use5. Teacher Role: Critical Thinking and Classroom ManagementCritical Thinking: A Core Component of Student WorkClassroom ManagementPutting Theory Into Practice: Planning for Higher-Order Thinking Skills and Dealing With Problems6. AssessmentPutting Theory Into Practice: Assessing the ExperienceA Final NotePart II: The Way Students Learn Effectively and EfficientlyPutting Theory Into Practice: Why Do They All Have to Be So Different?7. Brain Research: The Multiple IntelligencesA Quick OverviewIntegrating the Multiple Intelligences Into the Classroom CurriculumClassroom and Group Management Incorporating the Multiple IntelligencesPutting Theory Into Practice: Addressing the Students' Multiple Intelligences8. Teacher Use of the Multiple IntelligencesPutting Theory Into Practice: Determining the Students' Multiple Intelligences9. Integrating the Multiple Intelligences Into Cooperative Work Group ExperiencesLooking at the Classroom HolisticallyUsing the Multiple Intelligences in the Presentation of Curricular MaterialUsing the Multiple Intelligences in the Creative Work of StudentsPutting Theory Into Practice: Using the Multiple Intelligences in Group FormationA Final NotePart III: The Internet as the Ultimate Educational Resource CenterPutting Theory Into Practice: Using the Information Super-Curriculum10. The Concept, Reality, and Cost of Digital LiteracyDigital Literacy in Today's ClassroomEstablishing Student Access Within the SchoolPutting Theory Into Practice: Determining the Quality and Quantity of Internet Access11. How to Locate Curricular Material on the InternetIntegrating the Internet Into the CurriculumSearch Engines and DirectoriesGeneral Education Web SitesComprehensive Subject Matter Web SitesSpecialty SitesTeacher Guest BooksPutting Theory Into Practice: Finding Internet Resources for Students12. Integrating the Internet Into Cooperative Work Group ExperiencesDetermining the Best Use of Online ResourcesKnowing When to Use, or Not Use, TechnologyHow to Integrate Online Material Even When There Is No School Access to the InternetParental Issues: Security Concerns and Public RelationsPutting Theory Into Practice: Dealing With the Last IssuesA Final Note13. SummaryPart IV: Some Practical Examples of Teacher Unit PlansScience: A Trip to the Rain ForestLanguage Arts/History: The World of Zlata's DiaryHistory/The Arts: Ancient Egypt - The AfterlifeMath: Real Life With Fractions, Decimals, Ratios, Proportions and PercentagesResource A: Index of URLsResource B: Student Multiple Intelligence AssessmentsResource C: An Example of an Internet Acceptable Use Policy ContractResource D: A Cooperative Work Group Lesson Plan FormReferencesIndex
