Small-Group Instruction: An Annotated Bibliography of Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Resources in Higher Education, 1997. Occasional Paper.

This bibliography was designed specifically for faculty members or administrators involved in science, mathematics, engineering, and/or technology (SMET) interested in teaching and learning issues. Specifically, it addresses research, theory and/or practice in small groups, and cooperative instruction focusing on SMET disciplines in higher education. Cooperative learning is more structured and teacher-centered than many other forms of small-group teaching. It tends to emphasize formal instructional procedures and focus on individual accountability in course grading. Although this document focuses on cooperative learning, a number of sources addressing other small-group procedures are included since they are of interest to the audience. This document is not an exhaustive description of small- group instruction relating to SMET or the individual disciplines which SMET encompasses but rather the intent is to give readers a snapshot of historical and contemporary work in cooperative learning that furnishes a context from which to view the field. (YDS)