In this video, teachers and researchers illustrate how they use group roles and norms to delegate authority to students, fostering productive and equitable group interactions and “freeing up” the teacher to formatively assess students and perform status treatments.
To learn more about delegation of authority and the role it plays in complex instruction, visit Equity in Cooperative Learning Classrooms.
For examples of group norm-building activities, visit https://ed.stanford.edu/step/resources and download the library of “skill builders” from the Stanford Teacher Education Program.
