[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: bob slavin's passing

[P Pearson]

Thanks, Jim.  Between Slavin's work and that of my then UMinn colleagues,
Roger and David Johnson, cooperative learning was a big part of my late
1970s early 1980s education.
pdp

On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 2:22 PM Cunningham, James William <
jwcunnin at email.unc.edu> wrote:

> Yes, thank you, Susan, for making us aware.
> I didn't really know Slavin either, but I credit the start of my ability
> to help teachers have successful small group discussions in the classroom
> to my reading his 1980(?) article on jigsaw puzzle grouping. It was a
> substantive and practical step forward in enabling the teachers I taught on
> campus and did workshops with as a consultant to elicit productive and
> cognitively stimulating small group work. They usually found it came with a
> bonus--fewer not more discipline problems.
> Jim Cunningham
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> reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of P
> Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu>
> *Sent:* Monday, May 3, 2021 4:59 PM
> *To:* Susan Neuman <sbneuman at nyu.edu>
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> *Subject:* [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: bob slavin's passing
>
> And thanks, Susan, for bringing him up in this reading forum, for he cared
> a great deal about improving curriculum and pedagogy in our field.
> pdp
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 1:58 PM P Pearson <ppearson at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>
> I cannot say that I knew him well, but I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed
> and learned from several occasions in which I was privileged to interact
> with him, some in person and some via print and email.  He and Nancy
> invited me to their foundation in the Baltimore area in the early 90s to
> talk about upping the ante on comprehension activities.  In the late 90s,
> Steve Stahl and I did a review of Success for All (and several other early
> reading programs and interventions), so we interviewed him on a couple of
> occasions and negotiated his member check of our evaluation.  And I always
> read his articles, even those I did not always agree with.
>
> Above all, I found him to be a scholar of great integrity who combined
> equally strong commitments to equity and evidence. Equity for all students,
> with an extra commitment to those not always well served by our educational
> practices and institutions. Evidence so we don't deceive ourselves with
> runaway wishful thinking. His contributions will endure for many decades to
> come.
>
> David
>
>
> On Mon, May 3, 2021 at 1:19 PM Susan Neuman <sbneuman at nyu.edu> wrote:
>
> hi all...many of us were saddened to hear of bob slavin's passing.  he
> died of a heart attack sometime last week.  i didn't know bob well, but i
> always admired his work and incredible commitment to children. would love
> to hear from those who might have known him well.
>
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