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标题：Divide and Conquer: A Simple, Modern Technique for Collaborative Small Group Learning with Reciprocal Peer Teaching †
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作者：Leigh Ann Samsa ; Carlos C. Goller
期刊名称：Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education
印刷版ISSN：1935-7877
电子版ISSN：1935-7885
出版年度：2021
卷号：22
期号：1
页码：1
DOI：10.1128/jmbe.v22i1.2153
出版社：American Society for Microbiology
摘要：Collaborative group learning and peer teaching are robust active learning techniques. Students and instructors interact with technology extensively in their lives and in the classroom. Technology facilitates collaborative group learning by enabling synchronous interaction with digital documents and immediate access to information. Though it is widely accepted that group learning is an improvement to traditional lectures, challenges in the design, execution, and evaluation of group learning can be a barrier to implementing this pedagogy in the higher education classroom. Divide and Conquer is a simple, easy-to-use, and modern technique that faculty and instructors can use to rapidly transform traditional lecture content into collaborative small group learning and peer-teaching experiences. Students are divided into groups that complete instructor-prescribed activities on a shared Google Slide deck, and then teach the class what they learned. This technique can be used to explore a range of topics including science and non-science content and is particularly amenable to self-contained, related mini-research topics (i.e. the lowest level of organization on the outline of a lecture). This innovative technique was inspired primarily by the Jigsaw technique. However, it is distinct in that it deliberately builds technology skills and includes a class-level presentation. It is recommended for any higher education classroom across disciplines.