Biology Department, College of Arts and Sciences, Marian University, Indianapolis, IN 46222.
Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2018 Spring;17(1). doi: 10.1187/cbe.17-12-0258.
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics faculty are increasingly incorporating both formal and informal group work in their courses. Implementing group work can be improved by an understanding of the extensive body of educational research studies on this topic. This essay describes an online, evidence-based teaching guide published by (). The guide provides a tour of research studies and resources related to group work (including many articles from ). Instructors who are new to group work, as well as instructors who have experienced difficulties in implementing group work, may value the condensed summaries of key research findings. These summaries are organized by teaching challenges, and actionable advice is provided in a checklist for instructors. Education researchers may value the inclusion of empirical studies, key reviews, and meta-analyses of group-work studies. In addition to describing key features of the guide, this essay also identifies areas in which further empirical studies are warranted.
科学、技术、工程和数学领域的教师越来越多地在课程中纳入正式和非正式的小组作业。通过了解大量关于这一主题的教育研究，教师可以更好地实施小组作业。本文描述了由 （）发布的在线循证教学指南。该指南提供了小组作业相关研究的介绍以及资源（包括来自 的许多文章）。对于初次接触小组作业的教师以及在实施小组作业过程中遇到困难的教师来说，小组作业关键研究结果的摘要可能很有价值。这些摘要按教学挑战进行组织，并为教师提供检查表形式的可行建议。教育研究人员可能会重视实证研究的纳入、对小组作业研究的关键综述和元分析。本文除了介绍指南的主要特点外，还确定了需要进一步进行实证研究的领域。
