Hacking Group Work: 11 Ways to Build Student Engagement, Accountability, and Cooperation with Collaborative Teams

by Connie Hamilton

Are you tired of delivering lessons to bored, disengaged learners?You want student engagement and collaboration, but learners struggle with group work.

In Hacking Group Work, Connie Hamilton offers concrete tips that

Facilitate multiple groups at different levels and various pacing ratesAccommodate lessons to help introverts be more comfortable in social learning tasksFoster productive listening and questioning to elevate student talkShow you how to make kids love learningDevelop activities that encourage self-awarenessSet up protocols that support interdependence and student ownership of their learningAccurately assess individual student’s content knowledge, group communication and collaboration skillsIf that isn’t enough, Hacking Group Work offers over 60 activities and protocols, complete with step-by-step directions that teachers who teach any grade level can use tomorrow with their students.Grab Hacking Group Work today, enjoy student engagement and collaboration like never before, and watch achievement and a love of learning soar.

254 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 11, 2023

Reviews

[Nicole Means · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent read for educators who are looking for immediate ways to implement meaningful group work. Each “hack”
Includes strategies that can be implemented tomorrow. Oftentimes when teachers learn about new strategies, there is pushback because they are unsure of how to implement successfully, but this book suggests making minor tweaks to existing strategies that are easy adjustments to make. I will be recommending this book to teachers in my district!

[Lisa Ball · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much in this book to think about and add into my teaching. Maybe if we all learned how to do group work better, the world would be a better place!

[AndreaLectora · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tiene cosas pero me ha decepcionado. Escuché el capítulo de Cult Of Pedagogy en que la autoria hablaba del trabajo en grupo, y me encantó. Pero creo que el libro no es para tanto. A lo mejor, si eres muy novata pues sí, pero yo saqué algunas ideas aunque no tantas como pensaba.