Article Assignments

 Cooperative Learning Articles  

"Teaching Students to be Peacemakers: Results of Twelve

Years of Research"  can be found at

http://www.clcrc.com/pages/peace-meta.html

It describes how cooperative learning plays a part in teaching

students how to effectively use conflict managemnent.

"The Essential Elements of Cooperative Learning in

the Classroom" can be found at:

http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed370881.html

This article tells that for students to be successful within

a cooperative learning environment that certain essential

elements must be met.

Cooperative learning article found at:

www.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/schools/lloyd.html

This article strives to produce critical thinking in children.

Cooperative Learning Article "Navigating the Bumpy Road to

Student-Centered Instruction" by Richard M. Felder and Rebecca Brent

http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Papers/Resist.html

This article takes a look at the concerns students and teachers have in

regards to cooperative learning.

 Constructivism Articles       

http://www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v01n03/1.html

This site is the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory that puts out a

magazine called "Classroom Compass."  This article is a selection from one of

the issues entitled "Constructing Knowledge in the Classroom," which deals with

the practice of constructivism in the classroom.

Constructivism Web Pages

http://web.musenet.org/~bkort/constructivism.html

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~elmurphy/emurphy/cle.html

Essays on constructivism and education

http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/Essays.html

 Problem Based Learning Articles

http://www.udel.edu/pbl/dancase3.html

"Dan Tries Problem Based-Learning: A Case Study" is an article written by

Harold White III from the University of Delaware. This article discusses PBL in

the form of a case study and discusses the focus and logic of PBL, and the

chaos that can ensue, if teachers don't understand some of the practicality

needed to manage a classroom based on this theory.

The problem-based article is located at:

http://www.pbli.org/2core.htm

This article deals with the initiative of the student to solve any problem

giving to them.

Problem Based Learning Article "A Comparative Study of Learning

in Lecture vs. Problem Based Format" by Elizabeth M. Lieux.

http://www.udel.edu/pbl/cte/spr96-nutr.html

This college Nutrition and Dietetics professor compares the two

teaching styles and gives her analysis of the research.

Designing Problem-Based Learning  http://www.essdack.org/tips/pbl/sld002.htm

Other PBL Sites

 http://www.cotf.edu/ete/teacher/teacherout.html

http://www.chemeng.mcmaster.ca/pbl/pbl.htm

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/clrit/learningtree/Ltree.html

 Thematic Curriculum Articles

The thematic curriculum article is titled "Cross-Curricular Thematic

Instruction"  and can be found at http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/vogt.html

It basically describes thematic curriculum and tells how to construct it.  It

also tells of its advantages, focusing on reading and writing.

 Assignment

Bring articles on the topics indicated to share and lead a class discussion on the dates indicated in the schedule.