At the conclusion of the workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Define cooperative learning and summarize its research-proven benefits. 
• Use recommended methods for forming cooperative learning teams while holding individual students accountable for team success.
• Help students develop high-performance teamwork skills and manage conflicts within teams;  minimize and address student resistance.
• Assess how well students are functioning as team members.
• Describe inquiry-based instruction and adopt inquiry-based strategies to promote desired learning outcomes.
• Define problem-based learning and summarize relevant research.
• Design problem-based learning courses including:
  • creating engaging PBL problems
  • incorporating course structures to support student success
  • developing an instruction and assessment plan
• Identify the forms student resistance to PBL might take and implement methods to minimize and address student resistance.