This monograph summarizes the research and provides practical advice on how to structure collaborative writing for students in the higher education classroom. The monograph begins with compelling pedagogical support for collaborative writing projects based on the research that has emerged in cognitive and learning theory over the last 30 years.…

The CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet describes resources on collaborative learning. It has been argued that this form of teaching and learning is more effective with women, minorities, and some other audiences that have been considered nontraditional. The first section of this CRIB Sheet includes general resources on collaborative…

Efforts in higher education to use students as teachers (peer teaching), thus providing them with the benefits traditionally enjoyed by professors are described. Four sections focus on the following: (1) peer teaching and the psychological basis for its benefits (cognitive level, affective level, and peer learning); (2) types of peer teaching used…