1. The BUILD Strategy Professional Developer’s Guide developed by D
The BUILD Strategy Professional Developer’s Guide developed by D. Sue Vernon, Jean B. Schumaker, and Donald D. Deshler
The Cooperative Thinking
Strategies Series
2006
The University of Kansas
Center for Research on Learning
Lawrence, Kansas
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2. Cooperative Thinking Strategies
A group of strategies students can use to think and work productively together
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3. The Rationale for the Cooperative Thinking Strategies Series
Students have difficulty working together in groups.
Students have difficulty with higher-order cognitive processing tasks.
Teachers and students do not know how to create a learning community.
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4. The Purpose of the Cooperative Thinking Strategies Program
Students learn the skills for working in groups.
Students learn simple structures for completing higher-order thinking tasks.
Teachers and students learn how to create a learning community.
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5. Learning Community Characteristics Always Present
Trust among participants
Commitment to goal and group
Every participant valued
Resources are accessed by all
Everyone has a voice & contributes
Mastery emphasized
Everybody learns
Diversity is valued
Time available for work
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6. Learning Community Characteristics Always Present
Support & help for doing better next time
Goal is clear
Goals are shared
Authentic work related to shared goals
Rewards are shared
Everyone is a learner
Everyone is a teacher
Everyone is valued & feels valued
Everyone feels safe
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7. Learning Community Characteristics Sometimes Present Fun Hard work
Frustration
Failure
Success
People will take risks
People will do the safe thing
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8. Learning Community Characteristics Sometimes Present Independent work
Group work
Individual grades
Group grades
Cooperation
Competition
Leader makes decision
Group decision making
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9. Learning Community Characteristics Never Present Shaming Putdowns
Negative remarks
Rudeness
Domination
People not doing their share
Some people learning and others not
Some people getting rewards and others not
Continued failure
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10. Manuals in the Cooperative Thinking Strategies Series
The SCORE Skills
The Teamwork Strategy
The THINK Strategy
The LEARN Strategy
The BUILD Strategy
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11. The Purpose of the BUILD Strategy
To enable students to make a group decision.
To give students a structure to make decisions on their own.
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12. “Seek first to understand,
then to be understood.”
Stephen Covey
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13. The BUILD Strategy Break the issue into sides Understand both sides
Identify compromises
List the options and vote
Discuss your SCORE
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14. An Overview of the Decision-Making Process
ISSUE
Side 1
Relevant
Information
Side 2
Relevant
Information
Possible
Compromise(s)
(Blend sides)
Decide on one:
Side 1, Side 2, or
Compromise
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15. The BUILD Strategy—Mean Percentage
of Decision-Making Steps Performed by Groups
80%
21%
20%
15%
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16. Lesson 1: Review of the SCORE Skills
Review basic concepts
Learning community
Social skills
Review the Share Ideas Skill
Review the Compliment Others Skill
Review the Offer Help or Encouragement Skill
Review the Recommend Changes Nicely Skill
Review the Exercise Self-Control Skill
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17. The Instructional Sequence Within Each Lesson
(“At-a-Glance” & “Play-by-Play”)
Give an advance organizer
Introduce and describe
Lead a guided practice activity
Conduct a practice activity
Give a post-organizer
Take it a step further
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18. Lesson 2: Introduction and the “B” Step
Advance Organizer
Introduce and Describe
Guided Practice: Water War
Group Practice
Post Organizer
Take It a Step Further
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19. Lesson 2: Introduction and the “B” Step
Introduce and Describe
Cooperate
Decision
Strategy
Controversial Issue
“BUILD” Steps
The “B” Step
Integrating the SCORE Skills
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20. The “B” Step Break the Issue into Sides
Define the issue
Differentiate the sides of the issue
SCORE Skills: Share Ideas, Compliment Others, Offer Help or Encouragement
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21. The “B” Step Break the Issue into Sides
The issue is:
Control of the lake.
The sides of the issue are:
1. Farmers want to control the lake.
2. Townspeople want the lake to stay a state park.
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22. The BUILD Worksheet, p. 1 Step 1: Break the issue into sides
The issue is:
The sides of the issue are: 1. 2.
Step 2: Understand both sides
Reasons to choose Side 1: Reasons to choose Side 2:
The biggest problems with Side 1: The biggest problems with Side 2:
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23. The BUILD Worksheet, p. 2 Step 3: Identify compromises
Compromise 1: Compromise 2:
Reasons to choose Compromise 1: Reasons to choose Compromise 2:
Problems with Compromise 1: Problems with Compromise 2:
Changes: Changes:
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24. The BUILD Worksheet, p. 2 (cont.)
Step 4: List the options and vote
Options/Compromises (vote for one) # of votes
Side 1:
Side 2:
Compromise 1:
Compromise 2:
The team decision was:
Step 5: The “D” Step
Fill out your SCORE Checklist as you talk about how your team worked together to make a decision.
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27. Lesson 3: The “U” Step Advance Organizer Introduce and Describe
Integrating the SCORE Skills
Guided Practice: Water War
Group Practice Activity
Post Organizer
Take It a Step Further
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28. The “U” Step Understand Both Sides
List the reasons to choose Side 1.
List the reasons to choose Side 2.
List the biggest problems of each side.
SCORE Skills: Recommend changes nicely and Exercise self control
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29. The “U” Step Understand Both Sides
Reasons to choose Side 1: Reasons to choose Side 2:
The biggest problems with Side 1: The biggest problems with Side 2:
Farmers made the lake.
Farmers paid for lake.
Water is very expensive.
Farmers will save money
Farmers haven’t paid enough.
Tourists spend money at the
lake and in town.
Farmers may use too much
water and destroy the lake.
People have jobs because of
lake.
Farmers might go broke.
Crops might die.
If crops die, no food to eat.
Town could lose tourist money.
People could lose jobs at lake.
Animals & plants might die.
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30. Lesson 4: The “I” Step Advance Organizer Introduce and Describe
Integrating the SCORE Skills
Guided Practice: Water War
Group Practice Activity
Post Organizer
Take It a Step Further
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31. The “I” Step Identify Compromises
Review the sides and discuss ideas for a possible compromise.
Discuss reasons for choosing the compromise.
Discuss problems with the compromise.
Revise the compromise to address the problems, if possible.
SCORE Skills: Share Ideas, Recommend Changes Nicely, Exercise Self-Control
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32. The “I” Step Identify Compromises
Compromise 1: Compromise 2:
Reasons to choose Compromise 1: Reasons to choose Compromise 2:
Problems with Compromise 1: Problems with Compromise 2:
Changes: Changes:
Lake stays a park,
but farmers can use more water.
Farmers would pay less for
water.
Tourists could still use lake.
Water might still cost too much.
Farmers might use too much
Farmers can use water
up to a certain amount; lake
filled each winter; emergency
funds; drought plan.
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33. Lesson 5: The “L” Step Advance Organizer Introduce and Describe
Integrating the SCORE Skills
Guided Practice: Water War
Group Practice Activity
Post Organizer
Take It a Step Further
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34. The “L” Step List the Options and Vote
Restate the options that were discussed.
Think about the options and decide where you stand.
Vote for one option and record the results.
SCORE Skills: Exercise Self-Control
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35. The “L” Step List the Options and Vote
Options/Compromises (vote for one) # of votes
Side 1:
Side 2:
Compromise 1:
Compromise 2:
The team decision was: 3 2 20
Compromise 1 plus changes.
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36. Lesson 6: The “D” Step & Applying the BUILD Steps
Advance Organizer
Introduce and Describe
The “D” Step
Integrating the SCORE Skills
Guided Practice: Water Wars
Group Practice Activity
A new controversial issue
The BUILD Steps
Post Organizer
Take It a Step Further
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37. The “D” Step Discuss Your SCORE
Students complete the “Discuss Your SCORE Checklist.”
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38. Discuss Your SCORE Checklist
Directions: Make a checkmark (√) next to each skill and step that your group used. Then complete the sentences to the right of the lists.
Did we:
Share Ideas?
Compliment Others?
Offer Help or Encouragement?
Recommend Changes Nicely?
Exercise Self-Control?
For this assignment, our best skill was:
Did everyone use the SEE Steps?
Sound of our voices was appropriate
Expressions were appropriate
Eye contact was good
We need to remember to use this skill more often:
Did we:
Break the issue into slides?
Understand both sides?
Identify compromises?
List the options and vote?
Discuss our SCORE?
The best thing that happened in our group today was:
We need to improve:
Were all members of the group SATISFIED with the solution?
Yes No Signature:
Did all members of the group LIKE the way the team worked together?
Yes No Signature:
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39. Generalization of the BUILD Strategy
Ongoing activities
More controversial issues
Content-based issues
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