1. COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM
Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills
11th Edition
David W. Johnson
Frank P. Johnson

2. Purposes What Is Cooperative Learning And Why Use It?
What Are the Cooperative Learning Outcomes?
How Do You Structuring Formal CL?
How Do You Structuring Informal CL?
How Do You Structure Base Groups?
How Do You Use All Three Groups
What Is The Cooperative School?

3. History of Cooperative Learning
Old Idea
Talmud, Quintillion & Seneca
Joseph Lancaster in England
Lancaster School in NY in 1806
Common School Movement – early 1800s
Colonel Frances Parker
John Dewey

4. Nature of Cooperative Learning
Social Interdependence
Individual’s outcomes are affected by others’ actions
Positive Interdependence
Individuals work together to achieve mutual goals
Negative Interdependence
Individuals work against each other to achieve a goal
Social Independence
Individual work alone, unaffected by others

5. Types of Learning Groups
Formal Cooperative Learning Groups
Informal Cooperative Learning Groups
Cooperative Base Groups

6. Formal Cooperative Learning
Team-Based Learning
Used to teach specific content
Students responsible for self-learning, group members’ learning, class learning
Completes a task, unit, or chapter
Emphasis on helping each other learn
The heart of an academic classroom

7. Formal Cooperative Learning
Make Preinstructional Decisions
Explain the Task and Cooperative Structure
Monitor and Intervene
Evaluate and Process

8. Preinstructional Decisions
Specify Instructional Objectives
Decide on Group Size
Assign Students to Groups
Assign Roles to Ensure Interdependence
Arrange the Room
Plan the Instructional Materials

9. Structure Task and Cooperation
Explain Academic Task
Explain Criteria for Success
Structure Positive Interdependence
Structure Individual Accountability
Structure Intergroup Cooperation
Specify Desired Behaviors

10. Monitor and Intervene Monitor Students’ Behavior
Provide Task Assistance
Intervene to Teach Social Skills
Provide Closure to the Lesson

11. Evaluate Learning and Process Group Interaction
Assess the Quality and Quantity of Learning
Process How Well the Group Functioned
Feedback
Reflection
Improvement Goals
Celebration

12. Informal Cooperative Learning Groups
Focuses student attention on material
Sets a mood conducive to learning
Helps cognitively organize material
Sets attention and provides closure
Allows for identifying and correcting misconceptions, incorrect understanding, and gaps in comprehension
Personalizes learning experiences

13. Use During Direct Instruction or Lecture
Introductory Focused Discussion
Advance organizer for learning
Establishes learning expectations
Intermittent Focused Discussions
Lecture Segments
Pair Discussions
Closure Focused Discussion

14. Cooperative Base Groups
Long-term heterogeneous groups
Stable membership
Members give each other academic support
Members give each other personal support
They personalize the learning experience and provide a sense of belonging

15. Base Group Tasks Give Each Other Academic Support
Give Each Other Personal Support
Handle Routine Tasks
Help With Assessment and Evaluation Tasks

16. Base Group Agendas Opening Tasks Greeting and Welcome
Relationship and group-building tasks
Check Homework
Review Progress: Ongoing Assignments
Closing Tasks
Review and Clarify Assignments
Discuss What Was Learned
Discuss Applications of Learning
Celebrate Member’s Hard Work

17. Integrate the Use of the Groups
Start With Base Groups
Lecture With Informal Cooperative Learning
Guided Practice with Formal Cooperative Learning
End With Base Groups

18. The Cooperative School
Classrooms use cooperative learning the majority of the time
Faculty meet in collegial teaching teams, task forces, and ad-hoc decision-making groups
Administrators meet in collegial teams

19. Summary
Cooperative Learning Is The Effective Use Of Small Learning Groups
It Enhances Learning, Motivation, And More.
There Are Three Types Of Groups For Different Purposes
You Use These Groups In An Integrated Way To Enhance Learning
The Cooperative School Includes Faculty and Administration Cooperative Groups