Student Team Learning: An Overview and Practical Guide by Robert E. Slavin

This manual provides descriptions of five cooperative learning methods: (1) Student Teams-Achievement Divisions (STAD); (2) Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT); (3) Jigsaw; (4) Team Accelerated Instruction (TAI); and (5) Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC). For each of these methods, an overview offers a description of the procedures followed, how to prepare for it, how to start it, and a schedule of activities involved. Similarities and differences between the methods are discussed and research evidence on the effectiveness of various kinds of team learning is considered. The appendices contain information on scoring methods for different sizes of teams, instructions for making worksheets for team activities, and samples of a Jigsaw Unit and record forms. (JD)