Grouping Without Fear: Small Group Instruction in the Classroom

$20.00

Presenter: Lisa Van Gemert, Gifted Guru
Core Area: Creativity and Instructional Strategies
Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary
Hours: 1

Imagine this vibrant learning scene: groups of students, working busily to accomplish tasks within their groups, all listening and engaging together. That is the utopia of small group learning. However, it takes more than arranging a few desks and handing out instructions for this ideal learning situation to occur. Planning and strategy are necessary. In this course, you will learn how to set up groups for success and how to assess their effectiveness.

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Description

To group or not to group? That is a question faced each day by educators as administrators continue to encourage small group learning in the classroom. Lisa Van Gemert, M.Ed.T., discusses whether small groups are always necessary and, when they are used, how to effectively group students and how to support the group process. 

In this 1-hour course, you will learn:
  • The different types of grouping
  • How to determine if groups are appropriate for a specific lesson
  • The skills students need to operate effectively in groups
  • Roles and resources for group work
  • How to encourage team identity
  • Assessment tools for group learning

Presenter Bio

Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas. 

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356 reviews for Grouping Without Fear: Small Group Instruction in the Classroom

  1. Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    I loved this course. There were several ideas that Lisa shared that I can implement right away.

  2. Tamara – EAST CLINTON LOCAL (verified owner) –

    A good course, being able to view working examples would also have helped.

  3. Melissa – Pilot (verified owner) –

    This course was great. The only thing I found frustrating was that she kept referring to her handout and I did not have her handout…this was online. I only have an outline. It would have been fine to reference a page in the handout if she had displayed it on the screen, but she didn’t. I am a visual learner and I like to take notes, so if a handout were made available for download, I would download it, print it, and take notes!

  4. April – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    I was able to gain a different perspective on creating groups and learned new techniques to implement small group instruction.

  5. Anna – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –

    Great strategies to look into and possibly implement.

  6. April – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –

    Very helpful

  7. Stacy – Ashtabula Area City Schools (verified owner) –

    It was a great course full of many new ideas.

  8. Juanita – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –

    This course gives you different ways not only to group, but strategies on how to manage your groups.

  9. Mindy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –

    I felt it gave good information that was very useful!

  10. Teresa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –

    This is a very good course that would help us with small group instruction.

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