This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides cooperative learning ideas. Students can be assessed via items suggested on this reference.

In this educational research article, the use of reading partnerships in the context of classrooms where some students are learning a second language. The first part of the article discusses the benefits of adding extensive reading to...

Learn the meaning of common property ownership (cooperatives) in multi housing projects like condominiums.

This tutorial site for NetPBL (Networked Project-Based Learning) offers guidance for developing collaborative learning.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ideas for differentiating lessons. Teaches will learn about the jigsaw method that will help in facilitating enrichment opportunities for students who are bored.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about the importance of cooperation. Students will learn strategies to help students work together as a team.

This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides an efficient strategy for the conducting of literature circles. Downloadable tent cards are provided for the following literature circle member roles: recorder, facilitator, summarizer, and...

This lesson is applicable to any story or novel in literature. The students will be introduced to twelve literary elements through a podcast. They will then be divided into small groups to complete activities involving story and literary...

At this site from the American Forum for Global Education, learners learn how to plan a park through this step-by-step, hands-on activity that teaches elementary economic lessons. Not only will students plan, but they will learn how to...

Kids Voting USA offers learning activities on the history and importance of voting, as well as a timeline of suffrage in the United States. Each learning activity includes materials, objectives, and questions to be raised in class.

atozteacherstuff lets you take a closer look at the inside of a seed by using this lesson plan to "discover the beginning of a plant."

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a structure for an author study. Students will work in a jigsaw activity during a 9-week author study. Downloadable graphic organizers accompany this author's study.

[Free Registration/Login Required] During this MEA simulation, kindergarten students will be deciding which type of bike will be best for a company to sell in their community. Students must work in cooperative groups as they determine...

At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand how the accommodating conflict style presents itself in various situations. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Accommodating."