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Why does Cooperative Learning Work?

Why does Cooperative Learning Work?. Kagan Chapters 6 and 12. The team member with the brightest colored shirt goes first and answers the first quiz question. Then pass the quiz clockwise to the next team member. Continue to pass the quiz until all questions are answered correctly.

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Why does Cooperative Learning Work?

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  1. Why does Cooperative Learning Work? Kagan Chapters 6 and 12

  2. The team member with the brightest colored shirt goes first and answers the first quiz question. Then pass the quiz clockwise to the next team member. Continue to pass the quiz until all questions are answered correctly. • First team to finish correctly gets CANDY! Team Quiz BIM 1-3, Lesson Planning Review

  3. Open your Kagan books to 6.25 • On scratch paper list all the structures you have used in this class or another. • PAIRS COMPARE! • Rally Robin your answers with your shoulder partner. • Teacher calls “time”. • Go with your partner to find another pair and compare answers. FOCUS

  4. Cooperative learning defined! A set of instructional strategies which include cooperative _____-______ interaction over subject matter as an _______ part of the learning process. Instructional Delivery

  5. 1. Structures • The way a teacher organizes the interaction in the classroom at any momentcreating student learning experiences! • Cooperative learning structure is • Content-free • Repeatable • Implements the PIES

  6. Compare teachers A, B and C: Teacher A=Traditional Teacher B=Group Work Teacher C=Structures • Get in groups of 3. • Decide which group member has Teacher A, B, or C. • Share with each other how “your” teacher instructs. CL 6.2 and 6.3 • Discuss which one is more effective and why. Structures

  7. Classbuilding • Teambuilding • Social Skills • Communication Skills • Decision-Making • Knowledgebuilding • Procedural learning • Processing Information • Thinking Skills • Presenting Information Interpersonal Academic Why Structures? CL page 6.11-6.23

  8. Structures (chapter 6) • Teams (chapter 7) • Management (chapter 8) • Classbuilding (chapter 9) • Teambuilding (chapter 10) • Social Skills (chapter 11) • PIES (chapter 12) Keys to success in Cooperative Learning

  9. How many students? • Even # is best • Types: heterogeneous and homogenous, student chosen, teacher chosen, random • How long together? 2. TEAMS

  10. Teambuilding • Get acquainted • Forge identity • Promote support • Value difference • Classbuilding • Builds a community of learners • Promotes environment of caring, cooperation, kindness, and respect 3. WILL . . . to cooperate

  11. Noise • Room arrangement • Materials • Preemptive strike 4. MANAGEMENT

  12. How? Through structures, roles, modeling, reinforcement, reflection • Students learn to • Listen • Lead • Follow • Speak • Motivate • Accept rejection • Disagree • Resolve conflict 5. SOCIAL SKILLS

  13. Chapters 12 6. Basic Principles: PIES

  14. “Cooperative learning, WHEN PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED, is a powerful instructional approach resulting in a spectrum of positive outcomes.” (CL 12.1) So how do we properly implement?!

  15. Positive Interdependence • Individual Accountability • Equal participation • Simultaneous interaction Basic principles

  16. Each team member takes responsibility for one of the PIES principles. • Jot down descriptors of your principle. • Make a stack of descriptors using textbook. (CL12.2, 12.8, 12.14, 12.19) • Mix up descriptors. • Round Robin reading descriptors and the other teammates decide which PIES principle is being described. Guided Practice Describe & Quiz

  17. Produces academic gains • Improves race relations • Develops social skills • Educates for character • Promotes self-esteem • Enhances class climate • Fosters leadership • Fosters teamwork skills When four basic principles are present, cooperative learning consistently

  18. Positive Interdependence • Individual Accountability • Equal Participation • Simultaneous Interaction • Is help needed from members in the group for individual student success? • Is each student responsible for a unique portion of the group product? • Do all members contribute evenly to the group assignment or product? • What percentage of the class is overly active at one time? Match the questions you would ask of a lesson to ensure all four basic principles of cooperative learning are present (PIES) Independent Practice

  19. Reinforcement p4.3-4.4 • Modeling 4.6 • Mediation – ZPD 4.7 • Brain Based 4.9-4.12 • Maslow 4.13 • Learning Styles 4.18 Why Does Cooperative Learning Work?

  20. On a note card explain why cooperative learning works and how you will use it in your classroom. Closure

  21. Circulate until the instructor calls “FREEZE” • Favorite restaurant in Stephenville • Favorite vacation • Name of my first pet • First car (color and make) • Middle name Mix-Freeze-Pair (Class Building)

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