Review

1. Review • Describe several factors that can promote or sabotage high-quality classroom discussion. • Describe several teaching strategies that can promote discussion and widespread participation. • Explain purposes of differentiation and what it means to differentiate by product, process, and content.

2. Perspectives Cooperative Learning Products Practices Is cooperative learning an educational cop-out or does it promote learning and prepare students for a lifetime of collaboration?

3. Products

4. Practices

5. Perspectives How can I structure CL to ensure that one person doesn’t do all the work?? What are the pros/cons of group work? What is the best way to divide students? How can I find time to do it all?

6. Today’s Objectives • Describe several factors that can produce or hinder high-quality cooperative learning. • Describe characteristics of well-designed group tasks. • Explain management considerations for CL. • Elaborate on your basic understanding of differentiation.

7. ? Is cooperative learning an educational cop-out or does it promote learning and prepare students for a lifetime of collaboration?