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Resources on Cooperative Learning,
Group Work, and Teamwork

This page provides a wide range of resources on Resources on Cooperative Learning, Group Work, and Teamwork including websites, articles, and bibliographies.  This web page will be updated periodically.  If you have any suggestions for additional resources, please email Matt Kaplan at CRLT (mlkaplan@umich.edu).

Table of Contents

General Information on Cooperative Learning

Effectiveness of CLGT
Best Practices
     Concepts Principles and Techniques
     Forming Groups
     Group Dynamics
     Grading Issues
     Use of Small Groups in Large Classes
Multicultural Issues
Bibliographies, Meta-Analyses and Web Resources
Advice for Students Working in Teams (.pdf)

Information Categorized by Discipline

Science and Math
Engineering
Social Science
Humanities

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Higher Education / Teacher Education

  • Goodwin, L.D., Stevens, E.A., & Bellamy, G.T. (1998). Mentoring among faculty in schools, colleges and departments of education. Journal of Teacher Education, 49(5), 334-343. Washington, DC: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

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    Humanities / Arts

  • Haggard, F.E. (1990). Hiring and mentoring new faculty members. Association of Departments of English Bulletin, 95, 25-28.
  • Jarvis, D.K. (1991). Junior faculty development: A handbook. New York, NY: Modern Language Association.

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    Law

  • Keating, D. (1996). A comprehensive approach to orientation and mentoring for new faculty. Journal of Legal Education, 46(1), 59-66.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Willdorf, Nina. (2000, January 10).  Mentors called a key to success for female and minority law professors. The Chronicle of Higher Education [On-line]. Available: http://chronicle.com/.

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    Library Science

  • Maack, M.N. (1994). Aspirations and mentoring in an academic environment: Women faculty in library and information science: No. 75. Contributions in librarianship and information science. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
  • Maack, M.N., & Passet, J.E. (1993). Unwritten rules - Mentoring women faculty. Library & Information Science Research, 15(2), 117-141.  (Requires U of M authentication)

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    Medicine / Dentistry / Health

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    Nursing

  • Brown, H.N. (1999). Mentoring new faculty. Nurse Educator, 24(1), 48-51.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Butler, M.J. (1989). Mentoring and scholarly productivity in nursing faculty. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.
  • Torsella, P.A. (1993). The quantity, quality, and impact of mentoring relationships among nurse faculty in academe. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Widener University, Chester, PA.
  • University of Texas-Houston, Health Science Center (1997). Report of the task force on mentoring. Retrieved December 21, 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.uth.tmc.edu/ifc/taskforce.htm
  • Williams, R., & Blackburn, R.T. (1988). Mentoring and junior faculty productivity. Journal of Nursing Education, 27(5), 204-209.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Williams, R.S. (1986). Relationship of mentoring by senior faculty to productivity of junior faculty in the top twenty colleges of nursing in the United States. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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    Pharmacy

  • Campbell, W.H. (1992). Mentoring of junior faculty. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 56(1), 75-79.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Chalmers, R.K. (1992). Faculty development: The nature and benefits of mentoring. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 56(1), 71-74.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Cocolas, G.H. (1998). Mentors and mentoring. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 62(2), 227.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Lively, B.T., Barnett, C.W., Berger, B.A., Greer, M.L., & Holiday, M.G. (1992). Mentoring of faculty and graduate-students - Summary and bibliographic report. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 56(1), 82-84.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • May, S.K., Sutton, T.L., & Harvan, R.A. (1999). Technology and education: Faculty mentoring program.  American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, 99, 98.
  • Ritchie, D., Burke, J., Dahdal, W., Holstad, S., Maddux, M., et al. (1999). Clinical faculty mentoring. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, 100, 30.
  • Roche, V.F. (1990). Facilitating professional development in women pharmacy faculty: Role-models, mentors and networks as resources for academic success. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 54(4), 367-369.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Wutoh, A.K., Colebrook, M., Holladay, J., Scott, K., Lombardo, F., et al. (1998). Descriptive survey of faculty mentoring programs at U.S. schools/colleges of pharmacy. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, 99, 65.

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    Sciences

  • Gibbons, A., & Morell, V. (1992, March 13). Key issue: Mentoring. Science, 255(5050), 1368-1369.  (Requires U of M authentication)
  • Kansas State University (2000). Mentoring program. Retrieved December 20, 2000 from the World Wide Wed: http://www.ksu.edu/provost/academic/ mentor.htm
  • Next Wave: An Electronic Network of the Next Generation of Scientists (1998, January 9). [Special issue on mentoring]. Retrieved June 26, 2008 from the World Wide Web: http://www.nextwave.org.
  • Pell, A.N. (1996). Fixing the leaky pipeline: Women scientists in academia. Journal of Animal Science, 74(11), 2843-2848.  (Requires U of M authentication)

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    Social Sciences / Social Work


    Prepared by the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
    University of Michigan
    January 12, 2001

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