Review Panel on Cooperative Learning

WCER, Madison, WI
May 16-17, 1997

Agenda

Friday, May 16
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast served at Friedrick Center
8:15 AM Vans depart for Educational Sciences Building
8:30 AM Registration
8:45-ish Convene, welcome
Art Ellis and Ann Burgess, NISE
Jean MacGregor & Karl Smith, Facilitators
Meeting goals and agenda overview
Who is here: introductions to us all
10:30-ish Small Groups discussion - Cooperative Learning 101 paper
12:00 PM LUNCH Break - and stretch break
2:00 PM Regroup
Groups sub-divide, work on summarizing morning discussion, or on responding to questionnaire (disks available, Mac and PC computers in Computer Center: Room 371 of this building). Also during this afternoon, Web-site Orientation sessions will occur in Room 378 (enter through Room 371 and bear diagonally left), at:
2:15 - 2:45 Red, Blue
3:00 - 3:30 Green, Silver
3:45 - 4:15 Gold
End of afternoon: Group summaries (on disk) to Jean and Karl.
Questionnaires (saved on disk, and/or printed via dot matrix also to Jean and Karl
5:00 - 5:15 pm Vans return to Friedrick Center
6:30 PM Dinner, followed by Fishbowl Conversation: students' experiences of cooperative learning U. Wisconsin Chemistry students
Informal reception, cash bar
Saturday, May 17
7:00 - 8:00 am Breakfast at Friedrick Center
8:15 AM Vans leave for Educational Sciences
8:35 - 8:40 am Jean and Karl: Brief summary of Friday's work and agenda review
9:00 AM Plenary discussion and feedback - on the meta-analysis:
Len Springer, Mary Beth Stanne, and Sam Donovan
10:00 - 10:15 am BREAK
10:15 - 12:00 pm Three working groups:
Research directions for CL in SMET
Web-site development discussion
National Dissemination/Communications Strategy
12:00 PM LUNCH break and stretch break
1:45 - 3:15 pm Continue in three working groups.
By 3:15 you should pull together written recommendations, and an 8-10 minute presentation on your group's discussion. Choose 1 or 2 people a) to work as scribes, preparing a written report of your group's discussion and recommendations, and 1 or 2 others b) to be spokespersons for the group. If you did not complete a questionnaire yesterday, and your group can spare you, please respond to the questionnaire today. Computers are in Room 259.
3:15 PM Group Reports:
8 - 10 minute presentation; 10 minutes for feedback and discussion, (with scribes at flipcharts and laptops) and optional "parting shots" on index cards.
4:30 PM Summing up and Evaluation
Next steps - for NISE (Terry, Art, Ann)
Evaluation of the conference process (Karl and Jean)
6:30 PM Dinner at Sun Porch Restaurant
Further conversations about CL directions
Optional: wine and further conversation at the home of Ann and Dick Burgess

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