All to the Center! Maintaining Equilibrium in the Collaborative Setting.

Autor/in	Kurz, Meredith
Titel	All to the Center! Maintaining Equilibrium in the Collaborative Setting.
Quelle	(1998), (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Stellungnahme; Classroom Techniques; Cultural Pluralism; Group Activities; Group Discussion; Group Dynamics; Higher Education; Instructional Improvement; Learning Strategies; Multicultural Education; Teaching Methods; Writing (Composition); Writing Improvement; Writing Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klassenführung; Kulturpluralismus; Gruppenaktivität; Gruppendiskussion; Gruppendynamik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Unterrichtsqualität; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schreibübung; Schreibunterricht
Abstract	One of the issues a college writing instructor grapples with in teaching writing is how best to structure collaborative groups to maximize benefit for each student in a multicultural classroom where many students might fairly be considered "marginalized"--to create an environment in which they become "insiders." Criteria sets for forming group configurations include, for instance: designing discussion groups by mixing ethnicities, always including one strong English speaker; by mixing different personality types, with at least one strong leader; or by focusing on degrees of actual writing skill so that each group would have its own composition expert. A fluid model for re-sorting groups is done by mixing and remixing the groups using a file card for each student to identify gender, first language, learning style, writing strengths, and other information. (CR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01