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COOPERATIVE LEARNING & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

COOPERATIVE LEARNING & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. Presenters: Kimberly Koger Danyse Streets. What is Group Work?. Students form a group. (usually 4) Each person has a “job”. (reporter, materials collector, captain, recorder, etc.)

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COOPERATIVE LEARNING & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

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  1. COOPERATIVE LEARNING & STUDENT ENGAGEMENT Presenters: Kimberly Koger Danyse Streets

  2. What is Group Work? • Students form a group. (usually 4) • Each person has a “job”. (reporter, materials collector, captain, recorder, etc.) • Students are only concerned with “their job”,and do not participate the entire time. (easy for them to hide) • All students are not engaged • Learning is not equal (one person may do all or most of the work)

  3. WHAT IS COOPERATIVE LEARNING? What does cooperative learning look like? Students are working in teams that display: • P- Positive Interdependence (on the same side, same goals) • I- Individual Accountability (student’s can’t hide) • E- Equal participation (equal status) • S- Simultaneous Interaction (engagement)

  4. From Traditional to Cooperative Learning

  5. I know.. You hate it already! We’ve already heard every line in the book….. • How can I cover the curriculum if I allow time for student discussion, team building, and silly sports energizers during my class? • Where does cooperative learning fit into my lesson plan? • What do I do with students who are frequently absent or pulled out? • Some students refuse to work with others. What should I do? • Aren’t we just using high achievers to work with low achievers?

  6. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. How can I cover the curriculum? • Stop talking on a regular basis and let the students do the talking. • We retain a great deal of what we say rather than what we hear. • It is through discourse and interaction of different ideas that students construct meaning.

  7. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. Where does cooperative learning fit into my lesson plan? By incorporating a few simple and quick learning structures into each lesson. What do I do with students who are frequently absent or pulled out? Spread around the most frequently pulled out or absent students. When the students leave form groups of four of remaining students. Teammates are responsible for explaining what was missed. Set up homework buddies and have a place set up for students to get there work when they return without interrupting the teacher.

  8. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. Some students refuse to work with others. What should I do? • You cannot make a student cooperate, but you can certainly make the learning attractive enough. • Sooner or later the “refuser” will want to join the group. • *This is a goof chance to use “team building” structures to build social skills.

  9. ANSWERS TO FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS….. Aren’t we just using high achievers to work with low achievers? • No! Research says high achievers do as well or better in cooperative learning classrooms as they do in traditional classrooms • High achievers get a chance to tutor at times, therefore they are “explaining”. Every teacher knows as we teach, we learn.

  10. How can I start incorporating Cooperative Learning in my classroom? A few easy structures to start with: . * Remember to give students a gambit to say their partner • Mix-Pair-Share (use with music, students are up and moving) • Timed Pair Share (teacher sets time limits • Rally Robin (used for naming things, student’s are in pairs) • Round Robin (each students shares, set equal time for each student ex. 30 seconds) • Think –Write Round Robin (each student shares, set equal time for each student)

  11. Round Robin Ideas……

  12. Team Building vs. Class Building

  13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEh8Z0sbiRE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0s_qxJDuas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiCSKg32AMk

  14. Task and Transfer • Choose one of the Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies learned to today and incorporate it in your lessons for the next week. • Email your buddy and tell them how you used your strategy. • CC: Danyse Streets as well. She will be collecting data to track our integration of cooperative learning.

  15. ENGAGING STUDENTS • SMART Board Demo • Intro to Wiki spaces • Interactive White Board & Smart Board tools • Task and Transfer: • Accept the wiki spaces invite. • Browse the technology integration websites your • Write a comment in the discussion board about your teaching experience use the new technology. • Due by: April 2, 2010

  16. Resources • http://www.youtube.com, Kagan Structures, September, 2009 • http://www.youtube.com, Cooperative Learning, July 2007 • Dr. Spencer Kagan, Miguel Kagan, Kagan Cooperative Learning, Kagan Publishing, 2009

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