The document discusses cooperative learning as an instructional strategy where students work together in small groups towards a common goal. It describes five key elements of cooperative learning: positive interdependence, individual accountability, group processing, small group skills, and face-to-face interaction. Specific cooperative learning strategies are also outlined, including jigsaw, corners, fishbowl, team-pair-solo, rally coach, and one stray. The roles of both the teacher and students are discussed.

1. Cooperative Learning
Manjeet Yadav

2. http://youtu.be/X0mVPmpoIr0

3. Cooperation + Learning
Working together to achieve desired goals

4. Allows learners to:
negotiate
plan
investigate
evaluate their learning outcome together.
create learning community wherein, all can participate.

5. Aids learners in:
developing social skills
helps them to enhance their academic performance
caters to the psychological needs of learners.

6. Five Elements of Cooperative
Learning
Positive Interdependence
Individual Accountability
Group Processing
Small Group Skills
Face-to-Face Promotive Interactions
Sink or Swim together
No Hitchhiking
No Social Loafing
Asking what has been a success
What can be improved
Teamwork Skills
Promote each other’s success

7. Element Structuring
Positive
Interdependence
~ Giving common goal to the group members
~ Giving common reward to the group
~ Giving common material or resources for learning
~ Establishing a mutual identity through a group name, flag,
logo, or symbol
Individual and
Group
Accountability
~ Assess the performance of each individual from the group
~ Determines who needs more help, support, and
encouragement
~ Group member will not be able to take a free ride on others
work
~ Keep the size of the group small
~ Randomly pick student to represent group’s work

8. Element Structuring
Group Processing
➢ Feedback
➢ Reflection
➢ Setting improvement goals
➢ Celebration
Small Group Skills
~ Students can get to know each other and learn to trust
each other
~ Avoid ambiguity while communicating
~ Maintain accuracy during the discussions
~ Effective conflict management

9. Element Structuring
Face-to-Face
Promotive
Interactions
~ Encourage group members to provide help and assistance
~ Resources can be exchanged
~ Feedback can be given to each other
~ Influence group member’s efforts for achieving group’s
goals
~ Encourage students to act in trustworthy ways

12. https://youtu.be/uwvtfYa169k
Cooperative Learning Collaborative Learning
Focuses on Product Focuses on Process
Shared Goal Shared Vision and Values
Formally Structured
Less structured as compared to
Cooperative learning
Focus on Individual achievement Focus on Collective achievement
Teacher Controlled Student Controlled
Teacher provides resources
Students have to procure resources on
their own

13. Role of Teacher
Arrange Seating
Select Groups
Assign Students
Provide Material
State Expectations
Structure Individual Roles
Monitor and Circulate
Evaluate Results

14. Role of Students
Leader/Taskmaster
Recorder
Checker
Timekeeper
Encourager
Elaborator
Spokesperson

15. Strategies of Cooperative Learning

16. Jigsaw

18. Corners/
Four Corners

19. Present a Problematic/Controversial/Exploratory statement
Give four options to choose from
Label each class corner with the presented choices
Ask students to go to their chosen response corners
Discuss their choices
Group leader will summarise and justify their choice (from
each of the group)

20. What is required for good teaching?
(a) Diagnosis
(b) Remedy
(c) Direction
(d) Feedback

21. Fishbowl

22. Present a topic for discussion
Form two groups
One group will be asked to sit in the inner circle (fishbowl)
Fishbowl group will discuss on the given topic the other group
observed and notes
The outer circle starts discussing the observations and
fishbowl will listen/observe
Teacher/Moderator concludes and closes the discussion

23. Types of Fishbowl Strategy
Open Fishbowl
Closed Fishbowl
Open fishbowl

24. Team Pair Solo

26. Present Task
Divide class in groups- Each group discusses and notes
Divide the groups into pairs of 2- Each pair discusses and
note what they didn’t discuss in their respective groups
Go Solo and write reflections

27. Rally Coach

28. https://youtu.be/av2_kRpRUxg

29. Pair and determine A and B
Present a problem (with only one correct answer)
A solves the problem while B coaches and checks the
accuracy of the answer and praises
For incorrect answer B coaches A to the correct answer.

30. One Stray

31. Class divided into groups of 5-6 students
Each group member given a number/code (for identification)
Present the problematic statement
Each group discusses
Randomly one number/code from each group called out to stray
to other group- Host group
New groups discusses
Strayed member comes back to Home group and reports

32. Variations of One Stray
Two stay Two stray (TS-TS)
One stay Two stray (OSTS)
One Stay Three Stray (OSTS)

33. Thank You