Most importantly, all collaborative work — from a think - pair - share activity to an in - depth analysis of an argument — must be thoughtfully orchestrated to
generate productive group work.
In this book, educators Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Sandi Everlove show you how to make all group
work productive group work: with all students engaged in the academic content and with each other, building valuable social skills, consolidating and extending their knowledge, and increasing their readiness for independent learning.
She has published many articles and books on literacy and instruction,
including Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding; The Formative Assessment Action Plan: Practical Steps to More Successful Teaching and Learning, and Guided Instruction: How to Develop Confident and Successful Learners.
Although having opportunities for students to engage
in productive group work is vital — so students can master teamwork skills, but also to help students have fun with friends — Summit's philosophy is that all too often schools overlook the importance of providing students with quiet time when they can immerse themselves in a book.
In this video episode of «ASCD Talks with an Author,» Acquisitions Editor Carolyn Pool interviews the authors
of Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding.
Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding by Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Sandi Everlove (# 109018)
Throughout, they build a case that
productive group work is both an essential part of a gradual release of responsibility instructional model and a necessary part of good teaching practice.
She has published many articles and books on literacy and instruction, including
Productive Group Work: How to Engage Students, Build Teamwork, and Promote Understanding; Guided Instruction: How to Develop Confident and Successful Learners; and Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility.
What methods are most appropriate for each phase (e.g., establishing purpose, teacher modeling, guided instruction,
productive group work, independent tasks)?
She has published many articles and books on literacy and instruction, including
Productive Group Work and Better Learning Through Structured Teaching (both with Doug Fisher).