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November 19, 2007
The 2008 Summer Institute will be the week of July 14-18, 2008. Details are now available
May 29, 2007
Details for the 2007 summer institutes are now available (schedule here).
May 8, 2007
Some updates to the order form
May 2, 2007
The summer 2007 institute schedule is available.
April 24, 2007
A new entry on the Q and A page about heterogenous vs homogenous groups.
April 11, 12007
The cooperative learning newsletter volume 22 is now available and so is a new monograph on social interdependence theory.
February 12, 2007
The first version of the summer 2007 institue schedule and details are available.
May 11, 2006
More housing information added to the page with details of the Minneapolis summer institutes.
April 19, 2006
A new enry on the Q and A page about cooperation in scientific research work.
March 24 2006
The 2006 newsletter is available in HTML and MS word formats
January 29, 2006
Details of the Minneapolis summer institutes now available.
January 24, 2006
The first version of the summer 2006 institue schedule is available.
April 14, 2005
A new newsletter is available in HTML and MS Word .doc format. Also remember that the summer institute schedule and details are available.
March 29, 2005
A new entry on the Q and A page about the nine elements of positive interdependence.
February 28, 2005
Details about the coming summer institutes posted.
February 5, 2005
The summer institute schedule has been posted.
January 6, 2005
Two new entries on the Q and A page. One about the appropriateness of Cooperative Learning in a society that often seems competitive and the other about persuading students to work with all their classmates.
September 15, 2004
A new entry on the Q and A page about arguments against using cooperative learning.
July 29, 2004
A new entry on the Q and A page about different theories of cooperative learning.
April 19, 2004
Two new entries on the Q and A page. One about using cooperative learning in very large classes and the other about advice to teachers early in their careers.
April 5, 2004
Details on the Minneapolis summer institute added to the schedule page.
March 23, 2004
Another update to the summer institute schedule
March 2, 2004
An update to the summer institute schedule
February 27, 2004
A New question on the
Q and A page about interaction in cooperative groups.
December 11, 2003
A new question on the Q and A page about how best to assign students to groups.
December 1, 2003
The first version of the 2004 summer institute schedule is available.
October 17, 2003
A new entry on the Q and A page.
March 22, 2003
The Cooperative Learning Institute's newsletter for 2003 is here.
February 25, 2003
The initial version of the summer 2003 institute schedule is now avalable.
A new entry on the Q and A page about the use of conflict resolution skills..
November 6, 2002
Two new entries on the Q and A page. One about the optimal size for groups and another about research in cooperative learning in science.
October 30, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about the history and practice of Cooperative Learning.
June 19, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about cooperative learning in math classrooms.
June 15, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about individual accountability.
May 20, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about introducing cooperative learning into a setting that's competitive..
May 6, 2002
A couple of updates to the materials page.
April 29, 2002
Just a reminder that the summer institute schedule, the course descriptions, and the details of the Minneapolis institutes are available..
April 17, 2002
Newsletter "Cooperative Link" for 2002 posted.
March 19, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about how to expand a successful peer-mediation program
March 1, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about assessment in cooperative learning.
February 28, 2002
Details including costs and accomodations of Minneapolis summer institute schedule posted.
February 27, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about getting students to re-focus and an update to the summer institute schedule.
Summer institute course descriptions posted.
February 22, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about how often to change the members of groups.
January 25, 2002
The first version of the 2002 summmer institute schedule is now available.
January 14, 2002
A new entry on the Q and A page about how often an why to change groups.
October 16,2001
A new entry on the Q and A page about cooperative learning and distance learning. And photos of Roger and Roger and David in response to requests.
August 31, 2001
A new entry on the Q and A page. Roger Johnson writes about the advantages and disadvantages of cooperative leaning
June 18, 2001
More updates to the summer schedule.
June 14, 2001
Another update to the summer schedule.
May 25, 2001
Updated an area code in the summer schedule.
April 27, 2001
Several updates:
A new paper, An Introduction to Cooperative Learning, a new entry on the Q and A page, and some changes to the summer schedule.
March 29, 2001
Another update to the summer schedule
March 13, 2001
More updates to the 2001 summer schedule and another item on the Q and A page.
March 7, 2001
The newsletters for 2000 and 2001 are now here.
March 4, 2001
Updated the 2001 summer schedule and adjusted some prices on the order form.
February 26, 2001
A new entry on the Q and A page.
February 7, 2001
Some more information on the 2001 summer schedule.
January 22, 2001
The first information for the 2001 summer schedule is here.
September 6, 2000
Updated payment methods and shipping charges on the book price list.
August 14, 2000
Updated the book price list.
July 11, 2000
Three new essays:
Cooperative Learning Methods: A Meta-Analysis
Teaching Students To Be Peacemakers: Results Of Twelve Years Of Research
Civil Political Discourse In A Democracy: The Contribution Of Psychology
May 3, 2000
Corrected contact information for Myra Johnson on the summer institute schedule
April 11, 2000
A new item on the Q and A page about heterogeneity in groups.
March 29, 2000
Added a new item to the Q and A page. This one about groups that don't reach consensus.
March 13, 2000
Large update to the summer institute schedule
February 15, 2000
Updated the summer institute scheduleJanuary 18, 2000
Added a new item to the Q and A page.
December 8, 1999
Added a short bio for Roger Johnson and a new entry to the Q and A page.
December 2, 1999
Updated three prices on the order form.
October 28, 1999
A new entry on the Q and A page. It's a question from a teacher about grading in a cooperative context.
September 20, 1999
Training schedule updated.
May 11, 1999
Another entry on the Q and A page, this time a question about the disadvantages of cooperative learning.
May 6, 1999
The Johnsons answer a commonly-asked question about cooperative learning and difficult students on the Q and A page.
April 23, 1999
Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom institute (July 19-23, Minneapolis) added to the schedule.
March 24, 1999
Another interesting question answered on the Q and A page.
March 8, 1999
1999 Newsletter up.March 2, 1999
We have changed our plans and www.co-operation.org and www.clcrc.com will continue to work for the forseeable future. We still think that www.cooplearn.org best reflects what we do.
March 1, 1999
Brought prices on the materials page up to date.
February 20, 1999
The first entry is up on our Q and A page.
February 23, 1999
Important: You have been able to reach this page using various names. We think that www.cooplearn.org best reflects what we do and for that reason the other two (www.co-operation.org and www.clcrc.com) will stop working before long. Please change your bookmarks and links if necessary.
February 16, 1999
Two new locations (Forest City, NC and Jacksonville, FL) added to the institues schedule, level corrected to Leadership in one Minneapolis institute.
February 12, 1999
Contact and location information updated for Houston institutes in the schedule.
February 9, 1999
Dates for Minneapolis institutes correted in the schedule.
February 7, 1999
A few more changes to the schedule.
February 5, 1999
More changes to the summer institute schedule.
January 19, 1999
Two changes in the summer Institute schedule.
Updated the order form to reflect current prices.
Fixed formatting in the new essay.
January 9, 1999
A new essay: Promoting Safe Educational and Community Environments
November 20, 1998
We hope you like our new look. If you have comments about it or suggestions about how to make the site more useful to you please let us know. We will be glad to hear from you.
In the spirit of cooperation, we now have a Q&A page.
There are new editions of the Brown Book (Cooperation in the Classroom) and the Purple Book (Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom).
The beginnings of the 1999 summer institute schedule are available.
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