1. Kagan’s New Cooperative Learning
• Six key concepts
•Four basic principles
•Fifty –two co-operative learning structure
•Structures can be used as tools

2. Six key concepts
 Teams
 Will
 Management
 Skills (student/teacher)
 Basic principles (PIES)
 Co-op strategies

3. Four basic principles (PIES)
 Positive Interacation
 Individual accountability
 Equal participation
 Simultaneous interaction

4. Tools
Effective Instruction
 Set
 Input
 Guided practice
 Independent practice
 Closure

5. Tools
Multiple intelligences
 Verbal/ linguistics
 Logical/mathematical
 Visual/ spatial
 Musical/rhythmical
 Bodily/kinesthetic
 Naturalist
 Interpersonal
 Intrapersonal

6. Tools
Kagan’s Co-op Domains
 Classbuilding
 Teambuilding
 Mastery
 Thinking skills
 Communication skills
 Information sharing

7. Example
Who am I ?
The structure is a tool for
Effective instruction
 independent practice
 guided practice
Multiple Intelligence
 Verbal
 Mathematical
 Bodily kinesthetic
 interpersonal

8. Example
Kagan’s Co-op Domains
 Classbuilding
 Thinking skills
 Communication skills
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