Group Tasks Where Everyone Has a Real Job

• Group-Worthy Tasks

  Check a task against five design features: open-ended, many ways to show competence, a big idea, interdependence with individual accountability, clear criteria.

  ASCDQuick readPlan togetherWhole class

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• Equitable Groupwork

  Borrow routines for norms, roles, groupworthy tasks, participation quizzes, and accountability quizzes. Written for secondary math, easy to adapt.

  HTH Math AgencyStrategy guidePlan togetherWhole class

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• A Guide to Implementing Cooperative Learning

  Plan informal and formal cooperative learning around five core elements so students with disabilities take part fully.

  TIES CenterStrategy guidePlan together

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• What Is Cooperative Learning?

  Review the five elements that separate cooperative learning from students simply sitting together.

  Cooperative Learning InstituteQuick readLearn moreWhole class

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• The Jigsaw Classroom

  Follow 10 steps to run a jigsaw, where each student holds one piece the group needs.

  Social Psychology NetworkStrategy guideTry tomorrowWhole class

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• Cooperative Learning Strategies

  Try six simple structures, such as Numbered Heads Together and Roundtable, that build in turn taking and individual accountability.

  Colorin ColoradoStrategy guideTry tomorrowWhole class

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• Complex Instruction: Raising Achievement Through Group-Worthy Tasks

  Browse articles, tasks, and classroom video on Complex Instruction in mixed-ability math classes.

  NRICH, University of CambridgeStrategy guideLearn moreWhole class

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• Collaborative Learning Approaches

  Read a plain summary of the evidence on collaborative learning, including why structure and task design matter.

  Education Endowment FoundationResearch summaryLearn moreWhole class

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• Making Groupwork Work

  Teachers and Stanford researchers show how roles and norms hand authority to students so groups run fairly and productively.

  Stanford Complex InstructionVideoPlan togetherWhole class

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These resources are shared for professional learning and planning. They are meant to inform your professional judgment, not replace it. Each student's IEP and your district, state and federal requirements always come first. Listing a resource here is not an endorsement by Layered Education. This is educational information only, not legal advice.