Cooperative Learning in the eMINTS Classroom

1. Cooperative Learning in the eMINTSClassroom May 24, 2006

2. Purpose of Module • This module addresses cooperative-learning strategies, specifically the social and group-processing skills teachers can use to help students succeed.

3. Module Objectives • Learners will become aware of cooperative-learning strategies that have been successful in eMINTS classrooms • Learners will understand why cooperative learning is instrumental in teaching students to work on group technology projects that require higher-order thinking skills • Learners will develop a sense of what cooperative-learning structures are and will learn several successful structures • Learners will identify several cooperative-learning structures to include in their own classroom and plan ways to use these structures

4. Essential Question • How can students work effectively in groups?

5. Engage Can you Zooley??

6. Overview ofCooperativeLearning Elements

7. Positive Interdependence Individual Accountablity Equal Participation Simultaneous Interaction Group Processing Face-to-Face Interaction Co-Op Learning Elements

8. Jigsaw Activity Expert Groups

9. Objections • The World is Competitive • High-Achieving Students will be Dragged Down • It is Difficult to Manage Cooperative Learning • Bad Past Experiences • Too Much Cooperative Learning

10. CreatingStudentTeams

11. CooperativeGrouping Cards

12. EstablishingPositiveInterdependence http://resources.emints.org/modresources/links/cooperativelearning.shtml

13. StructuringPositiveInterdependence

14. Think-Pair-Share CooperativeLearning Structure

15. Group Interaction Identifying a Skill and Developing a Plan

16. Assessment withCooperativeLearning

17. ImplementingCooperativeLearning

18. Reflection onTechnology& CooperativeLearning

19. Essential Question • How can students work effectively in groups?