Groupwork in Diverse Classrooms

These stories seek to be discussion catalysts that will lead teachers to examine their own views, prejudices and attitudes toward typical dilemmas on groupwork in their classrooms. The companion ""Facilitator's Guide"" provides information needed to use the cases in structured professional development experiences. This text addresses such crucial issues as: using groupwork effectively; designing groupwork tasks; assessing group activities; deciding when and how to intervene; crafting groups that support learning for all students; dealing with uncooperative students and status problems; and communicating with parents.