COOPERATIVE LEARNING

Students work together in small groups and learn through interaction with each other while the teacher coaches the process.

5 Major Phases

Teacher clarifies goals, provides a hook and introductory information

Organize student teams with clearly defined roles

Facilitate team activities, including academic learning, social skills & cooperative behavior

Assess student knowledge throughout the process and/or by team presentations

Recognize both group & individual efforts such as active participation and taking responsibility for learning

Phase 1:  Goals, Hook & Introduction

The 3 instructional goals of cooperative learning are:

Academic achievement,

Tolerance and acceptance of diversity, and

Development of social skills

Consider how you will communicate these goals in your introduction

Phase 2:  Teams and Roles

Organize materials, learning experiences and small group activities by paying attention to 4 key features:

Form heterogeneous teams

How students will work together in small groups (Student Teams, Jigsaw, Group Investigation, Think-Pair-Share)

How behavior and results will be recognized or rewarded

Realistic time estimate

Think-Pair-Share

Cooperative Learning Roles May Include …

Group recorder

Materials collector

Reporter

Final copy scribe

Illustrator 

Timekeeper

-          Cheerleader/      Facilitator

Monitor

Messenger

Phase 3:  Facilitate learning, social skills & cooperative learning

-Help with Transitions

-Teach Cooperation

Task Interdependence

Social Skills

○     Sharing Skills

○     Participation Skills

Communication Skills

Group Skills

○     Team Building

Teaching Social and Group Skills

Phase 4:  Assess Throughout and/or with Presentations

Test Academic Learning

Assess Cooperation

Grade Cooperative Learning

Recognize Cooperative Effort

Phase 5:  Recognize Group & Individual Efforts

Find ways to highlight group presentations by displaying results prominently in room.

Maybe invite guests to hear final reports.

Consider summarizing results through newsletters or other forums.

Each individual makes some kind of unique contribution – highlight those.

During today’s activities …

Look for ways the learning experiences could be adapted for your students into cooperative

learning activities

Choose 1 representative to record ideas for each of the 5 phases

Be prepared to share these ideas with the rest of us