“It’s like having a friend in the corner of your classroom, giving you a steady stream of smart, practical, instantly doable ideas that will make your teaching better.” — Jennifer Gonzalez, Cult of Pedagogy    

Design student collaborations that are relevant, productive, and funThere’s no better way to engage students in active learning than through collaboration. But facilitating group work has its challenges. Education leader, author, and speaker Connie Hamilton shows teachers how to intentionally design successful student collaborations.In Hacking Group Work, you’ll discover how to:

• Facilitate multiple groups at different levels and pacing

• Help introverts be more comfortable in social learning tasks

• Foster productive listening and questioning to elevate student talk

• Support interdependence and student ownership of their learning

• Assess each student’s content knowledge, group communication, and collaboration skills

Hacking Group Work also offers over sixty activities and protocols with step-by-step directions that teachers who teach any grade level can use tomorrow with their students.