Cooperative Learning

Why should you use Cooperative Learning? 

• To encourage students' learning and academic success.
• To improve students' retention.
• To aid students in developing skills in oral communication
• To encourage students' self-esteem.
• To widen students' social skills.
  
  

5 Elements of Cooperative Learning : 

1. Positive Interdependence (sink or swim together) Each group member's efforts are required and indispensable for group success Each group member has a unique contribution to make to the joint effort because of his or her resources and/or role and task responsibilities
2. Face-to-Face Interaction (promote each other's success) Orally explaining how to solve problems Teaching one's knowledge to other Checking for understanding Discussing concepts being learned Connecting present with past learning
3. Individual & Group Accountability ( no hitchhiking! no social loafing) Keeping the size of the group small. The smaller the size of the group, the greater the individual accountability may be. Giving an individual test to each student. Randomly examining students orally by calling on one student to present his or her group's work to the teacher (in the presence of the group) or to the entire class. Observing each group and recording the frequency with which each member-contributes to the group's work. Assigning one student in each group the role of checker. The checker asks other group members to explain the reasoning and rationale underlying group answers. Having students teach what they learned to someone else.
4. Interpersonal &Small-Group Skills Social skills must be taught: Leadership Decision-making Trust-building Communication Conflict-management skills
5. Group Processing Group members discuss how well they are achieving their goals and maintaining effective working relationships Describe what member actions are helpful and not helpful Make decisions about what behaviors to continue or change Chart taken from: Edtech http://escmarzano.wikispaces.com/6.+Cooperative+Learning

https://sites.google.com/site/irvingisdtech/marzano-s-strategies/cooperative-learning

http://www.netc.org/focus/strategies/coop.php

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.cfm

http://marzanoresearchmethods.wikispaces.com/Cooperative+Learning

 Videos to Check out

Partner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G46ahbLsIw

 

Silent card shuffle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGimtrwVF1g

 

White Boards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQ54EFVGwk

Calendar of Events:

April 10--Harney County Tech Conference 2015 @ BHS
April 24-25 Number Sense Follow up from Last year with new info @ ESD
April 30-May 1--Kevin Feldman Learning Walk and Training info to come soon
May 14--County-wide Spelling Bee at Harney ESD
May 15--Teacher Voice & Aspirations @ BHS more info coming soon!