Definition Elements Strategies

1. COOPERATIVE LEARNING

2. Objectives

3. What is Cooperative
Learning?

4. WHAT ARE THE
ELEMENTS
OF COOPERATIVE
LEARNING?

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.

6. Elements of Cooperative
Learning
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

7. Elements of Cooperative
Learning
3. Individual & Group Accountability
• Each student is responsible for doing their part;
the group is accountable for meeting its goal.

8. Elements of Cooperative
Learning
4. Interpersonal & Small-Group Skills
• Social skills must be taught:
• Decision-making
• Trust-building
• Leadership
• Communication
• Conflict-management skills

9. Elements of Cooperative
Learning
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.

10. WHAT ARE THE
COOPERATIVE
LEARNING
STRATEGIES?

11. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Jigsaw.
Students are placed into teams to
work on material that has been divided
into sections (Aronson, Blaney,
Stephan, Sikes, and Snapp, 1978)

12. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Learning Together.
Students are placed in groups where
team building is emphasized and
students learn together while
completing worksheets (Johnson &
Johnson 1989).

13. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Student Teams-Achievement
Divisions.
Students are placed in groups in order
to work within their teams to master a
lesson presented by the teacher
(Slavin, 1995).

14. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Teams-Games-Tournament.
Students are placed in groups which
compete in academic games with
members of other teams and
contribute points to their team scores
(Slavin, 1995).

15. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Group Investigation.
Students are placed in groups and
decide how a topic will be researched,
summarized, and how the workload
will be divided (Sharan & Sharan
1976).

16. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Academic Controversy.
Academic Controversy is cooperative
form of debate. Students are placed
into groups, take opposing views, and
then attempt to reach a consensus
(Johnson, Johnson, & Smith, 1996).

17. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Team Assisted Individualization.
Students are placed in groups and
work on their own assignments and
then help other group members with
their assignments. Group members are
rewarded for the success of the group
(Slavin, Leavey, & Madden, 1982).

18. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Fact or Fiction

19. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Four Corners

20. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Think-Pair-Share

21. COOPERATIVE LEARNING
STRATEGIES
 Team-Pair-Solo

23. References
David and Roger Johnson. "Cooperative Learning." [Online] 15 October 2001.
http://www.clcrc.com/pages/cl.html
David and Roger Johnson. "An Overview of Cooperative Learning." [Online] 15 October
2001. http://www.clcrc.com/pages/overviewpaper.html
Howard Community College's Teaching Resources. "Ideas on Cooperative Learning and
the use of Small Groups." [Online] 15 October 2001.
http://www.howardcc.edu/profdev/resources/learning/groups1.htm
Kagan, Spencer. "Kagan Structures for Emotional Intelligence." [Online] 15 October
2001. "http://www.kagancooplearn.com/Newsletter/1001/index.html
College Level One — Collaborative Learning Page. On the web at:
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/CL/resource/R1.asp
Panitz, T. (1996). A Definition of Collaborative vs Cooperative Learning. On the web at:
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/collab.learning/panitz2.html