Cooperative Learning IT WORKS I could sell you

Cooperative Learning IT WORKS!!!

I could sell you an approach that would. . . What if u u u Increase Racial & Gender Tolerance & Friendship Increase Understanding of Children with Disabilities Increase Self-Esteem Increase Problem-Solving Abilities Increase Achievement: Comprehension, Recall, & Transfer, Reading, Spelling, & Language Expression http: //www. successforall. net/resource/research/cooplear n. htm http: //www. clcrc. com/pages/cl-methods. html http: //www. ed. gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed 306003. h tml

What are the CRITICAL Features of CL? 1. 2. 3. 4. Sound Grouping Strategies Interdependent Group Goals Interaction to Meet the Goal Individual Accountability -Independent Check-out and Sound Grading

Grouping Students u What happens when students of any age pick their own groups?

5 Main Strategies & 3 More http: //www. coe. missouri. edu/~vlib/Joan's. stuff/Joan's. Page. h tml#SD 1. Student Teams/TAI (Slavin) http: //www. successforall. net/curriculum/stlea rn. htm http: //chiron. valdosta. edu/whuitt/col/instruct/ cooplrn. html 2. Jigsaw (Aronson et al. ) http: //www. jigsaw. org/ 3. Learning Together (Johnson & Johnson) http: //www. clcrc. com/

1. The Structural Approach (Kagan) http: //www. cde. ca. gov/iasa/cooplrng 2. html 1. Webquests http: //edweb. sdsu. edu/webquest/webq uest. html

How Is Your Team Doing? u Achievement Data u Roles u Establish the Class Goals for the Remainder of

Class Data

How do Group Work & CL Differ? Group Work Cooperative Learning