Dianne Johnson – författare

Cooperative groups work to make each member a more successful student.Compelling research conclusively proves that group learning increases students′ academic and social skills. Many teachers use cooperative groups in their classrooms, but they can be extremely difficult to implement and even harder to assess. Assessing Students in Groups explains how to form productive groups and assess individual student performance in group work. David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson, prominent experts in cooperative learning, provide many practical resources that teachers can put to immediate use, including scoring sheets, observation forms, learning contracts, classroom activities, and questionnaires. Key concepts are clearly defined in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary is included.This user-friendly and insightful guide includes chapters on: When and where to use groups Making groups productive Developing an assessment plan for groups Assessing performances of individual group members Self-assessment in groups Peer assessment in groups Designed for teachers, principals, and staff developers, Assessing Students in Groups is also an essential resource for district and state-level administrators and pre-service teachers.

Cooperative groups work to make each member a more successful student.Compelling research conclusively proves that group learning increases students′ academic and social skills. Many teachers use cooperative groups in their classrooms, but they can be extremely difficult to implement and even harder to assess. Assessing Students in Groups explains how to form productive groups and assess individual student performance in group work. David W. Johnson and Roger T. Johnson, prominent experts in cooperative learning, provide many practical resources that teachers can put to immediate use, including scoring sheets, observation forms, learning contracts, classroom activities, and questionnaires. Key concepts are clearly defined in each chapter and a comprehensive glossary is included.This user-friendly and insightful guide includes chapters on: When and where to use groups Making groups productive Developing an assessment plan for groups Assessing performances of individual group members Self-assessment in groups Peer assessment in groups Designed for teachers, principals, and staff developers, Assessing Students in Groups is also an essential resource for district and state-level administrators and pre-service teachers.

In this book, David and Roger Johnson provide teachers with the practical tools they need to assess the non-academic outcomes of schooling. While the emphasis in schools right now is very much focused on all things academic, teachers and administrators will always be concerned with non-academic outcomes, especially as it pertains to such issues as study skills, coping skills, teamwork, character education, work habits, and reasoning. 

Written by anthropologist Diane Johnson, Night Skies of Aboriginal Australia has been in demand since its publication in 1998. It is a record of the stars and planets which pass across night-time.