Cooperative Learning

Getting the Green Light: The Transformative Power of Participatory Action-Reasearch With Students as Researchers
by Emily S.B. Wolk
Wolk details her successful pedestrian safety project with teacher-students and student-teachers researching a community problem and carrying out solutions.

Cooperative Learning: Integrating Language and Content Area Instruction
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/classics/trg/02cooperative.htm
Not only does this provide an overview of cooperative learning, but it also gives good examples of what can be done through cooperative learning. The focus in this article is on science.

Classroom Strategies for Encouraging Collaborative Discussion
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/directions/12.htm
Encourages teachers to design heterogeneous group activities and gives strategies for doing so.

Cooperative Learning in the Secondary School: Maximizing Language Acquisition, Academic Achievement, and Social Development
http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/pubs/pigs/pig12.htm
Discusses the importance of cooperative learning for secondary level ESL students in content area and/or mainstream courses.