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Advantages of Cooperative Learning in Children's Education

Explore the benefits and challenges of cooperative learning in children's education, how it enhances cultural identity, develops social skills, and improves retention. Discover diverse activities and teacher roles for effective implementation.

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Advantages of Cooperative Learning in Children's Education

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  1. Cooperative Learning By: Marissa,Jill, Llama, and Eric

  2. Our Position • Cooperative learning promotes many positive attributes for children’s learning. • It encompasses an important learning style. • It incorporates their cultural identity and knowledge.

  3. Advantages • Students can pool their skills. • They can work with each other to acquire in depth knowledge. • Children have varied abilities that they can share and learn. • Students have a better retention of information through group learning than direct instruction. • English as a second language students. • Children whose cultures value working together, and family responsibility. • Children learn valuable social skills. • Group members can develop expertise in a subject area and share. • Coooerative learning facilitates inclusiveness across cultures, especially for those who have a tradition of sharing and working together. • Each member can display their unique skills and self-expression in a non-competitive manner. • Children are allowed to have different roles. • Observer/learner • Leader/Facilitator

  4. Disadvantages • Teacher may have trouble with assessment of each individual student. • Some students have difficulty in group settings. • Control issues • Taking advantage of others in the group • Conflicts • Can’t be used all of the time. • Less effective in children when groups have the same ability level.

  5. Teacher Role • Establish guidelines • Facilitator • Manager of time • Observer • This method of learning needs to be utilized by a teacher whose qualities value children’s cultural knowledge and abilities. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrruz5q2W08&feature=related

  6. Activities: Grouping • Cooperative group role cards • Student count off • Group diverse abilities • Varied levels in each group

  7. Activities: Task Examples • Group writing • Storytelling • Graphing • Research reports

  8. References Ahmad, Fareed (2010). Effect of cooperative learning on students’ achievement at elementary level. International Journal of Learning. Vol. 17 Issue 3, p127-141. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrruz5q2W08&feature=related International Reading Association (2004) Cooperative Group Role Cards: Read, Write, and Think Kagan, S. & Kagan M. (2009). Cooperative Learning. San Clemente CA: Kagan Publishing. Lavasani, Masoud Gholamali & Khandan, Farah (2011). Mathematic anxiety, help seeking behavior and cooperative learning. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences. Vol. 6 Issue 2, p61-74 Smaldino, Sharon E., Lowther, Deborah L., & Russell, James D. (2012). Instructional Technology and Media for Learning. Boston MA: Pearson. Trumbull,E., & Rothstein-Fisch,C. (2008). Cultures in harmony. Educational Leadership, 66, 63-66.

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