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Cooperative Learning

Cooperative Learning . When you have groups working on a common or closely related set of goals with equal distribution of labor and close contact in meeting the goals, you have students working cooperatively. By Corey Walker.

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Cooperative Learning

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  1. Cooperative Learning When you have groups working on a common or closely related set of goals with equal distribution of labor and close contact in meeting the goals, you have students working cooperatively By Corey Walker

  2. Cooperative learning is designed to have students work collaboratively in groups. This helps teach valuable life lessons, such as socialization, accountability and character development as well as academics.

  3. Some cooperative skills taught during lessons are: Basic Cooperative Skills: Foundation Skills for Groups to Work in a Classroom Setting Functioning Skills - Managing Groups Efforts to Complete the Task and Maintain Productive Relationships Formulating Skills: Intellectual Skills needed for Deep Understanding Fermenting Skills: Highest Intellectual and Social Skills

  4. 5 Key Elements To Effective Cooperative Learning • Positive interdependence- Ensure work is distributed equally • Individual Accountability- Each student is responsible for their own learning. • Face-to-face interaction- Students explain to each other how to solve problems, share information, and connect information to prior knowledge • Teach Explicit teaching of social skills • Groups processing

  5. There are many different activities designed to utilize cooperative learning strategies. Remember the 5 keys to effective cooperative learning should be present in the lessons. Here are a few samples. • The Graffiti Model- Students move around room as a group and answer questions then share information • The jigsaw Model- Students split up and all represent a piece to a bigger puzzle. • The Academic Controversy Model- Discussion of a controversial issue where you have students support both sides of the topic at different times. • Group Products/Performance- The group works together to create a product or performance that meets certain lesson objectives • Inquiry based/Discovery/Lab Activity- The group takes part in collaborative research using an inductive or deductive process.

  6. Benefits of cooperative learning • Improves information acquisition & retention • Promotes higher-level thinking skills • Improve interpersonal and communication skills • Build self confidence • Break down certain barriers between students • Prepare students for professional career situations • Lends itself to the differentiated classroom well

  7. TEACHERS MUST KNOW A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THEIR STUDENTS Individual students have unique set of strengths and weaknesses and cooperative groups can build on strengths and shore up weaknesses. To do this, teachers must know a great deal about their students, Estes et al.( 2011).

  8. References 1.Shindler, J (2009) Effectively managing the cooperative classroom. Retrieved from http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jshindl/cm/Chapter12CooperativeLearning -final.htm 2. Estes, T.H., Mintz, S.L., Gunter, M.A. (2011) Instruction a models approach sixth edition, p 256-280 Boston, MA.: Pearson 3. Paulson, D., Faust, J.(n.d.) Active learning for the college classroom. Retrieved from http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/#group

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