Transcript Aim: To look at cooperative learning i.e. group work!

Aim: To look at cooperative
learning i.e. group work!
Outcomes:
Identify difference between traditional teacher and
cooperative learning.
Introduce some Kagan structures e.g. rally robin
Look familiar?
Situation 1: A teacher tells students,
"Here is a worksheet with twenty problems
on it. Work alone and turn it in when you
are finished."
Situation 2: A teacher tells students,
"Here is a worksheet with twenty problems
on it. Use RallyCoach with your partner
and turn it in when you are both sure all
the answers are correct."
Benefits
• Consistency: Use the same names, so
pupils will know ‘Rally Robin’, ‘Quiz quiz
trade’, ‘think time’.
• Interaction- social skills
• Community- peer and self assessment
• Cooperative learning
• Fun!!
PIES
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Positive Independence
Individual Accountability
Equal participation
Simultaneous Interaction
Quiet Signal
• Raise hand
• Focus on teacher
• Signal others
Forming pairs
• ‘Mix, pair, share’
• ‘stand up, hands up, pair up’
Rally Robin
Rally Robin
Pair Pupils ‘stand up, hands up, pair up’ or ‘mix, pair, share’
Inform pupils that the next activity is Rally Robin.
Explain Rally Robin
Give a question with multiple responses, think time.
Then after think time tell them who is going first.
Pupils share answers till time is up.
Timed Pair Share
Timed Pair Share
• Announce a topic and state how long each
pupil will have to ‘share’.
• Provide ‘think time’
• Then who goes first.
• First person shares, other listens and then
responds.
• Switch roles.
Responses
• Encourage by example pupils saying
– Thank you for sharing that.
– That was interesting because…
– One thing I learned when listening to you
was…
– I enjoyed listening to that because….
Quiz quiz trade
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Stand up, hands up, pair up
Partner A quizzes
Partner B answers
Partner A responds or coaches
Switch roles
Partners trade cards and move on.
Repeat steps 1-6
KAGAN
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