Transcript Cooperative Learning - University of South Carolina

Cooperative Learning
Please sit in groups of 5
Broken Squares Activity
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Task
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Build 5 squares of equal size from the pieces your
group has been given in the different envelopes.
Each person must have a complete square in front of
them
Rules
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No talking, pointing or any other form of
communication
You can give your pieces away, but not ask for other’s
pieces
You cannot put your pieces in a central pile—only
give them directly to another person
Cooperative Learning vs.
Group Work
4 Basic Principles (PIES)
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Positive Interdependence
 Does a gain for one student result in a gain for
another?
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Individual Accountability
 Is individual public performance required?
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Equal Participation
 How equal is the participation?
4.
Simultaneous Interaction
 How many student are active at one time?
Numbered Heads Together
 Students
number off
 Teacher asks a question: “Make sure
everyone knows that…”
 Heads together and hands down when
done
 Teacher calls a number and that one
student answers
Numbered Heads Together
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How does the Broken Squares Activity
illustrate each of the PIES principles?
1.
Positive Interdependence
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2.
Individual Accountability
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3.
Is individual public performance required?
Equal Participation
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4.
Does a gain for one student result in a gain for another
How equal is the participation?
Simultaneous Interaction
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How many student are active at one time?
Pairs Compare
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Partners take out one sheet of paper and one
pencil (one group of 2, one group of 3)
 Rally table within pairs (share ideas in writing
one at a time)-no talking
 Pairs compare lists between partners
 Team challenge: Add any new learnings to list
(Give number to add)
Task: Write down as many cooperative learning
strategies as you can over the next minute.
JigSaw
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Give each team member a different piece of the puzzle,
reading material, or lab activity
Students get into expert groups and work together to
master their material
Students return to their original groups and teach their
teammates their material
Assess all individuals in group on their understanding of
all the readings or creation of a team product
Send-A-Problem
 Students
make up questions and write on
3x5 cards
 Students check with teammates and write
answer on back of the card
 Team sends problem cards to another
team
 Teams respond
Broken Squares Solution
Clean Up
 Put
numbered pieces back into same
numbered envelopes! Thanks.