1. Kagan Structures Brittany Wonnacott
Cooperative Learning
Kagan Structures
Brittany Wonnacott

2. Sweetwater County’s vision Preparing teachers Using the structures
Background
Sweetwater County’s vision
Preparing teachers
Using the structures

3. Why do cooperative learning?
Enhances Academic Achievement
Closing the Achievement Gap
Improving Race Relations
Filling the Social Void
Increased motivation

4. Why does cooperative learning work?
Positive Interdependence I
Individual Accountability E
Equal Participation S
Simultaneous Interactions

5. Teaming Your groups Low High Groups of four Heterogeneous groups
Medium High
Medium Low
Low
Easy way to set up
jobs
Easy way to call on
students
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Medium High
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Medium Low

6. Fan and Pick Team building structure to make your teams
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Team building structure
to make your teams
work more effectively.

7. Fan and Pick
Student #1 holds question cards in a fan and says, “Pick a card, any card!”
Student #2 picks a card, reads the question aloud, and allows 5 second of think time.
Student #3 answers the question
Student #4 responds to the answer
Praises/coaches/paraphrases answer
Rotate roles

8. Fan and Pick Setup: premade cards, mat
Cards have no specific content today
You can create cards that fit your content area
Open ended questions work best

9. Fan and Pick Get in groups of 4 Locate mat Get out your cards
REMEMBER TO ROTATE
Play

10. Jot Thoughts
Setup: Students have multiple slips of paper (sticky notes/recycled paper)
Teacher names topic, sets a time limit, and provides think time
Students announce idea, write it down, and try to cover the table
Say it, write it, put it down
No slips overlap, only one idea per paper, no repeats

11. Jot Thoughts Vocabulary word of the day is… integers
A positive or negative whole number, that is not a fraction or
decimal
Example:
-1, -123, 0, 13, 654
5 slips of paper
Get more if needed

12. Integers Write down examples Who uses integers
Where have you seen integers
When would you use an integer
Example
Temperature is normally reported as a integer - temperature

13. Stand up-Hand up- Pair up
Students stand up
Keep one hand up
Find a partner and give them a high five
Put your hand down
Guide people to a person who also has their hand up
Welcome a team member if you have one left
Share and Praise

14. Stand up-Hand up-Pair up
Greeting: Lucky to be working with you today
Person closest to the ceiling go first
How are you going to use the structures in your classroom?
Praise: Wow, what a brilliant answer!
Switch
Praise: Your ideas are fantastic!
Good – bye: Have a great day.
Back to seat

15. Quiz-Quiz-Trade Stand up – Hand up – Pair up Greeting
Partner A quizzes B
Partner B answers
Partner A praises or coaches
If you coached, ask the question again
Partners switch roles
Trade cards
Find a new partner

16. Reflection 1 – What was the most important thing you learned today?
2 – What structure will you use in your classroom when you get back?
3 – What questions do you still have about cooperative learning?
4 – Why should we use cooperative learning?

17. Resources http://www.kaganonline.com/index.php Books
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