At the conclusion of the workshop, the participants will be able to:

  • Define cooperative learning and summarize its research-proven benefits. 
  • Use recommended methods for forming cooperative learning teams while holding individual students accountable for team success.
  • Help students develop high-performance teamwork skills and manage conflicts within teams;  minimize and address student resistance.
  • Assess how well students are functioning as team members.
  • Describe inquiry-based instruction and adopt inquiry-based strategies to promote desired learning outcomes.
  • Define problem-based learning and summarize relevant research.
  • Design problem-based learning courses including:
    • creating engaging PBL problems
    • incorporating course structures to support student success
    • developing an instruction and assessment plan
  • Identify the forms student resistance to PBL might take and implement methods to minimize and address student resistance.