Collaborating With Students in Instruction and Decision Making: The Untapped Resource

Take advantage of a resource that’s right in your classroom—your students!

This book offers practical strategies for empowering students as co-teachers, decision makers, and advocates in the classroom. Ideal for K–12 general and special education teachers, this guide describes how to:

• Involve students in instruction through collaborative learning groups, co-teaching, and peer tutoring that foster self-discipline and responsible behavior
• Make students a part of decision making by utilizing personal learning plans, peer mediation, and more
• Use assessment tools, lesson plans, case studies, and checklists to put collaboration with students into practice