Cooperative Learning A teaching strategy for covenant and content COOPERATIVE LEARNING WHAT IT IS NOT: • The panacea for all your instructional problems… • The only way.
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Cooperative Learning
A teaching strategy for
covenant and content
COOPERATIVE LEARNING
WHAT IT IS NOT:
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The panacea for all your instructional problems…
•
The only way to teach effectively…
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The best way to teach everything….
Differences Between
Traditional Groupwork and
Cooperative Learning
Cooperative
Traditional
Positive interdependence
No interdependence
Individual accountability
No individual accountability
Heterogeneous groups
Homogeneous groups
Shared leadership
One leader
Shared responsibility for each
other
Responsibility to self only
Differences (con’t.)
• Task and group behavior emphasizedOnly task is emphasized
• Social skills directly taught
• Group processing on teamwork
processing
Social skills assumed
No group
ELEMENTS OF
COOPERATIVELY STRUCTURED LEARNING
Group heterogeneity
Positive group interdependence
Individual accountability
Leadership skills
Group processing
SOME BENEFITS OF COOPERATIVELY STRUCTURED
LEARNING:
THE RESEARCH
Facilitates higher achievement, particularly among students in the lower
50th
percentile.
Increases student perspective-taking
Can foster better attitude toward school
Increases retention at school
Increases intrinsic motivation
Can foster more positive heterogeneous relationships
Can foster more language development
Increases self-esteem
Encourages greater collaboration
Fosters more on-task behavior (if done correctly!)
Encourages more positive psychological adjustment
Provides more social support
CONTINUUM OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING
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May be:
Simple
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May feature:
Cooperation
to
Appropriate competition
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May use:
Pairs
Triad
Quartets
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May last:
1 class session
Up to six weeks
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May require:
Few social skills
Many social skills
to
Complex