COOPERATIVE LEARNING

Objectives•Define cooperative learning•Identify the elements of cooperative learning•Identify and practice some cooperative learning strategies

What is Cooperative Learning?

•method of teaching and learning •different levels of ability•a structured activity•interact in pairs or groups•working in teams

WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS

OF COOPERATIVELEARNING?

Elements of Cooperative Learning1. Positive Interdependence  (sink or swim together) • Each group member's efforts are required and indispensable for group success. • Each group member has a unique contribution

to make to the joint effort because of his or her resources and/or role and task responsibilities.

Elements of Cooperative Learning2. Face-to-Face Interaction  (promote each other's success) •Orally explaining how to solve problems • Teaching one's knowledge to other • Checking for understanding •Discussing concepts being learned • Connecting present with past learning

Elements of Cooperative Learning3. Individual & Group Accountability• Each student is responsible for doing their part; the group is accountable for meeting its goal.

Elements of Cooperative Learning4. Interpersonal & Small-Group Skills • Social skills must be taught: •Decision-making • Trust-building • Leadership • Communication • Conflict-management skills

Elements of Cooperative Learning5. Group Processing •Group members discuss how well they are achieving their goals and maintaining effective working relationships •Describe what member actions are helpful and not helpful •Make decisions about what behaviors to continue or change.

WHAT ARE THECOOPERATIVE

LEARNING STRATEGIES?

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Jigsaw.Students are placed into teams to work on material that has been divided into sections (Aronson, Blaney, Stephan, Sikes, and Snapp, 1978)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Learning Together.Students are placed in groups where team building is emphasized and students learn together while completing worksheets (Johnson & Johnson 1989).

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Student Teams-Achievement Divisions.Students are placed in groups in order to work within their teams to master a lesson presented by the teacher (Slavin, 1995).

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Teams-Games-Tournament. Students are placed in groups which compete in academic games with members of other teams and contribute points to their team scores (Slavin, 1995).

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Group Investigation. Students are placed in groups and decide how a topic will be researched, summarized, and how the workload will be divided (Sharan & Sharan 1976).

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Academic Controversy. Academic Controversy is cooperative form of debate. Students are placed into groups, take opposing views, and then attempt to reach a consensus (Johnson, Johnson, & Smith, 1996).

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Team Assisted Individualization. Students are placed in groups and work on their own assignments and then help other group members with their assignments. Group members are rewarded for the success of the group (Slavin, Leavey, & Madden, 1982).

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Fact or Fiction

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Four Corners

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Think-Pair-Share

COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES Team-Pair-Solo

ReferencesDavid and Roger Johnson. "Cooperative Learning." [Online] 15 October 2001. http://www.clcrc.com/pages/cl.htmlDavid and Roger Johnson. "An Overview of Cooperative Learning." [Online] 15 October

2001. http://www.clcrc.com/pages/overviewpaper.htmlHoward Community College's Teaching Resources. "Ideas on Cooperative Learning and

the use of Small Groups." [Online] 15 October 2001. http://www.howardcc.edu/profdev/resources/learning/groups1.htm

Kagan, Spencer. "Kagan Structures for Emotional Intelligence." [Online] 15 October 2001. "http://www.kagancooplearn.com/Newsletter/1001/index.html

College Level One — Collaborative Learning Page. On the web at:http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/CL/resource/R1.asp

Panitz, T. (1996). A Definition of Collaborative vs Cooperative Learning. On the web at: http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/collab.learning/panitz2.html