Cooperative Learning
Tom Bacig
Soc/Anth/Cultural Studies
College: CLA
Campus: UMD
Campus Address: 203 Cina Hall
Phone: 218-726-6369
Email: tbacig@d.umn.edu
Website: http://www.d.umn.edu/~tbacig
Description: “Using the development of course related web page projects to teach students
how to learn collaboratively.” (TB)
Terry Cooper
Dept: Soil Water Climate
College: COAFES
Campus: St. Paul
Campus Address: 439 Borlaug Hall
Phone: 612-625-7747
Email: tcooper@soils.umn.edu
Description: “Use of team exams and discussions in recitation.” (TC)
Richard Lichty
Dept: UMD Economics
College: Labovitz School of Business and Economics
Campus: UofMN, Duluth
Campus Address: SBE 177
Phone: 218-726-7342
Email: rlichty@d.umn.edu
Description: “I require a number of team projects in many of my classes.” (RL)
Helen Mongan-Rallis
Dept: Education
College: CEHSP
Campus: Duluth
Campus Address: 120 Montague Hall, 10 University Drive, Duluth MN 55812
Phone: 218-726-6272
Email: hrallis@d.umn.edu
Website: http://www.d.umn.edu/~hrallis/
Description: “Can provide tips on how to use this effectively in a college classroom.” (HMR)
Lou Pignolet
Dept: Chemistry
College: IT
Campus: MPLS
Campus Address: 241 Smith Hall
Phone: 612-625-0837
Email: pignolet@chem.umn.edu
Website: http://www.chem.umn.edu (follow faculty link) and also
for my course (Chem 1021, Fall 03) which is in WebCT. It is possible to visit this course site as a
student guest using the ID: pigno001 and the password: guest01.
Description: “Encouraging study groups, students teaching students, and small group problem
solving in class.” (LP)
Lawrence Rudnick
Dept: Astronomy
College: IT
Campus: TC
Campus Address: 383 Ph
Phone: 612-624-3396
Email: larry@umn.edu
Website: http://www.astro.umn.edu/~larry
Description: “I use a great deal of informal cooperative learning (typically, shorter exercises
in the context of a lecture) in my classes, and can do a specific workshop on this, or to consult with
individuals or groups of faculty members about design of such short, informal exercises in their content
area.” (LR)
Leslie Schiff
Dept: Microbiology
College: Medicine/College of Biological Sciences
Campus: TC
Campus Address: 1435 Mayo Building
Phone: 624-9933
Email: schiff@mail.ahc.umn.edu
Description: “Jigsaw exercises (in a class of ~65).” (LS)