Enhancing Your Students' Mathematics Learning Through Cooperative Small-Group Discovery

This book outlines Cooperative Small-Group Discovery (CSGD) theory and learning strategies for implementing it in higher education classrooms. Ideal for educators in secondary and collegiate mathematics instruction, this book develops teacher understanding of cooperative learning and provides advice on getting started and refining that work.

Neil Davidson is Professor Emeritus of Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland, USA, Past President of the International Association for the Study of Cooperation in Education (IASCE), and Founder of the Network of International Cooperative Learning Educators and Enthusiasts (NICLEE). James Fey is late Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Mathematics and Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland, USA. Charlene Beckmann is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Mathematics, Grand Valley State University, USA.

Part I: Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning: Theory and Practice 1. Learning Through Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Activity: What and Why 2. Operating a Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Mathematics Class Part II: Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning in Algebra 3. Recognizing and Representing Quantitative Relationships ... 4. Linear Functions, Expressions, and Equations 5. Exponential Functions and Expressions 6. Quadratic Functions, Expressions, and Equations 7. Polynomial and Rational Functions and Expressions Part III: Sequencing Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning Activities in Unit Plans 8. Introducing Rate of Change, Slope, and y-Intercept 9. Introducing Quadratic Functions Part IV: Challenges of Using Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Teaching 10. Developing a Productive Cooperative Small-Group Learning Environment 11. Dispelling Myths about Cooperative Small-Group Discovery Learning