1. Cooperative Learning Why, What, and How

2. 3 Types of Learning

3. Cooperative Learning Conditions 1. Positive interdependence 2. Considerate interaction 3. Individual accountability and personal responsibility to achieve group goal. 4. Interpersonal and small-group skills. 5. Group processing to improve future effectiveness.

4. Positive Interdependence 1. Learn the assigned material 2. Ensure that all members of group learn the assigned material

5. How do you structure learning for positive interdependence? 1. Positive Goal Interdependence All have same goal 2. Positive Reward Reward group achievement 3. Positive Resource Interdependence Share resources, info, materials 4. Positive Role Interdependence Assign roles 5. Group identity

6. How do you promote interaction? 1. If you have created positive interdependence, you will automatically promote interaction. 2. Eye to eye, knee to knee

7. How do you assure individual accountability and personal responsibility? 1. Assess each member’s effort in contributing to the group’s work 2. Provide feedback to groups and individuals 3. Help groups avoid redundancy 4. Ensure all are responsible for final outcome

8. Ways to structure individual accountability √Keep group size small. √Give an individual test to each student. √Randomly call on students orally by calling on one to present group’s work. √Observe each group and record frequency of each member’s contribution. √Assign each person a role, especially a checker.

9. How do you promote social and small-group skills? Know & trust each other Communicate accurately and uninhibited Accept and support each other Resolve conflict constructively

10. How do you structure group processing? Describe what member actions were helpful and unhelpful Make decisions about what actions to continue and change Celebrate success

11. Types of Group Processing Small Group –Focus on maintaining good working relationships –Facilitates the learning of cooperative skills –Ensures members receive feedback on their participation Entire Class –Teacher observes all groups and makes observations about how they are functioning

12. Cooperative Learning Techniques

13. Dealing with Different Types of Students

14. The Dominant Student Assign the dominant student a role that is less obtrusive Rotate the position of leader Have each student present material to group before others may comment

15. The Slow Student Use jigsaw configuration Monitor expert groups carefully so that correct information is being supplied

16. The Bright, Bored Student Use differentiated instruction –All learn same basic material –Groups are then formed to complete another project Let sharp kids soar Let slower students continue to learn basic information

17. Some Final Pointers √Identify clear questions at onset √Resolve small-group conflicts as soon as they arise √Create rubrics to be used for guiding the learning process and for assessing final work √Provide ongoing help for students to reflect on their progress

18. Activity Each group will receive a cooperative learning technique. Discuss with your group how you would implement the technique by using a specific example. You have 5 minutes!

19. “What children can do together today, they can do alone tomorrow.” Vygotsky, 1962