Whitney Ross Manzo, Ph.D.

In fall 2016, our Creative Pedagogy PDC read Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty by Major, Barkley, and Cross. From the Google Books description: “A mountain of evidence shows that students who learn in small groups together exhibit higher academic achievement, motivation, and satisfaction than those who don’t. Collaborative learning puts into practice the major conclusion from learning theory: that students must be actively engaged in building their own minds. In this book, the authors synthesize the relevant research and theory to support thirty-five collaborative learning activities for use in both traditional and online classrooms.” The first part is dedicated to making the case for collaborative learning. This…