Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty by Elizabeth F. Barkley

by Elizabeth F. Barkley

Excellent Book

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction, Research

Paperback

First published October 8, 2004

Reviews

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[Peyton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading and re-reading. I've read this a few times over the last 10 years. I had the earlier edition and my college bought us each a copy. I think when you use this book with Classroom Assessment Techniques (Angelo/Cross), you're pretty much set. Adjuncts have how to assess learning and how to teach stuff in the class. Both are indispensable to me. I'm lucky to have had a college program that bought us both books. Also, these books would work in high schools as well. They are lists of the best techniques for teaching. CoLTs has dozens of tried-and-true techniques clearly laid out. You could pick one or two a week and immediately use them in class. I feel like a lot of my research has been done on what works and what doesn't. 5-stars for sure!

[Anyeliz]

This book is a great primer and handbook on incorporating collaborative teaching techniques in higher education. It includes a brief theoretical framework on the value of collaborative learning and several techniques with explanations and examples of its implementation in different teaching scenarios (from large lectures to online education). I do find, however, that it falls a bit short in terms of its explanation of grading procedures for collaborative learning, which is at times somewhat vague and general.

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was recommended to me by a teaching colleague. Honestly, I was not overly interested as I incoprorate group work in my classes already. However, I found many useful ideas, not only for my face to face classes but also for my online classes and workshop presentations. I will no doubt be re-vamping all year long. I have already recommended it to another colleague as we work on developing a hybrid training.