Talking and Learning in Groups (Leverhulme Primary Project Classroom Skills)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 10
Introduction......Page 11
INTRODUCTION TO GROUPWORK......Page 13
 ACTIVITY 1......Page 15
COOPERATION AND ORACY IN THE NATIONAL CURRICULUM......Page 17
TIME FOR ASSESSMENT......Page 20
CURRENT GROUPING PRACTICES......Page 21
RESEARCH EVIDENCE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COOPERATIVE GROUPWORK......Page 23
 ACTIVITY 3......Page 25
THE STRUCTURE OF THE TASK......Page 26
 ACTIVITY 4......Page 28
CHOICE OF TASKS AND TYPE OF TALK— EXAMPLES FROM MATHS AND TECHNOLOGY......Page 29
1  Working individually on identical tasks for individual products......Page 30
2  Working individually on ‘jigsaw’ elements for a joint outcome......Page 31
3  Working jointly on one task for a joint outcome......Page 32
CHOICE OF TASKS AND TYPE OF TALK— EXAMPLES FROM LANGUAGE WORK......Page 33
 ACTIVITY 8......Page 34
 ACTIVITY 10......Page 35
1  Children’s perceptions of how they should work......Page 36
 ACTIVITY 13......Page 38
ATTAINMENT MIX......Page 39
Thomas......Page 41
 Thomas’s talk activities......Page 43
GIRLS AND BOYS......Page 44
Teacher C......Page 45
GROUP SIZE......Page 46
 ACTIVITY 15......Page 47
PUPIL DEMANDS ON THE TEACHER’S TIME......Page 48
 ACTIVITY 17......Page 49
CREATING TIME—CHANGING PUPIL DEMANDS......Page 50
IMPROVING GROUPWORK THROUGH TRAINING......Page 52
 ACTIVITY 18......Page 54
 ACTIVITY 19......Page 56
MONITORING......Page 57
Difficulty in assessing groupwork—a case study......Page 58
 ACTIVITY 20......Page 59
The ‘sucker’ effect......Page 60
Audio recordings......Page 61
MODES OF ASSESSMENT......Page 63
1  For tasks with an end product......Page 64
i)  Post task interviews......Page 65
ii)  Whole class discussion......Page 67
 ACTIVITY 22......Page 68
 ACTIVITY 23......Page 69
 ACTIVITY 24......Page 70
 ACTIVITY 25......Page 71
FURTHER READING AND REFERENCES......Page 72