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 |