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. Suzanne – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    It was pretty good.

  2. Martha – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –

    Interesting

  3. Connie – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas. Thank you for showing examples.

  4. Erin – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –

    Even though I have been teaching for 15 years and using small groups for the majority of that time, I still learned new things from this course. It reminded me of the importance of teaching students how to work in groups before expecting them to do so successfully. I also gained great ideas for how to group my kids that I had not thought of before.

  5. Lisa – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –

    Great ideas and reasoning behind those ideas. Very useful information.

  6. Rene – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –

    I learned some new ideas regarding grouping.

  7. Emily – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –

    Very informative in how to group students.

  8. Marla – HERTFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS (verified owner) –

    I loved this. It was like a refresher for my toolbox.

  9. Claudia – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –

    It was great to learn about other methods of grouping.

  10. Kimberly – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –

    good

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