Cooperative Learning

Complementary Foods

• Brainstorm and discuss foods that are made up of unique but complementary tastes
  

Consolidated List of Cooperative Strategies

Share Around:
One student shares an idea
The person on the left shares an idea
Ideas are recorded on one paper
Students take turns sharing ideas until everyone has had a turn or out of ideas

Think, Pair, Share:
Students are given time to learn or think about new info
Students get with a partner and discuss or share what they have learned

Jigsaw:
Students start in home team
Divide out to expert teams to learn new material
Return to home teams
Teach new material

Talking Chips:
Students work in a group
Each has set number of bingo chips
When a student shares they throw in a chip
Once chips are gone, may not add any more comments until everyone in the group has used their chips


Shoulder Partner:
While having a group discussion, occasionally have participants turn to their “shoulder partner,” the person sitting next to them and share a thought or idea

Round Table:
Students work in groups
One sheet of paper
Paper passed around to record ideas
Each student uses different color marker

Stay and Stray:
Students work in groups
Create product to demonstrate learning
One stays to teach their product
One strays to learn from others
Everyone takes turns
Groups come back and share new knowledge

Overview of Cooperative-Learning Elements

• Jigsaw Activity

Planning Cooperative Groups

• Forming Cooperative Learning Groups Use Round Table to have each participant note a though or idea from the reading
• Cooperative Grouping Cards:
  • 6 groups of 4 students and varying levels of academics in each group
  • 4 gropus 6 students with each group having a leader to help with limited resources
  • Groups of 3 picking on of each role Researcher, Photographer, Presenter
  • 3 sets of trade books with 8 copies of each. One set is above level, one grade level and one below grade level. Class needs homogeneous reading groups

Establishing Positive Interdependence

• Think-Pair-Share handout to demonstrate Think-Pair-Share strategy
• Links
  • In Time. (2002). Cooperative Learning: Types of Positive Interdependence. Last updated October, 2004.
    http://www.intime.uni.edu/coop_learning/ch4/types.htm
  • National Institute for Science Education. (1997). Positive Interdependence.
    http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/archive/cl1/CL/moreinfo/MI3D.htm
  • California State University & University of Wisconsin. (1999). Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning. Principles of Cooperative Learning.
    http://www.csudh.edu/dearhabermas/cooplrn.htm
  • Kagan, S. (Spring, 1999). Positive Interdependence. Kagan Online Magazine.
    http://www.kaganonline.com/KaganClub/FreeArticles/ASK04.html

Group Interaction

• Social Interaction Skills 10 min brainstorm/research in groups of 3
  • Chandler, L. (2000). Teaching Social Skills. Cooperative Learning Network. Last updated September 2005.
    http://home.att.net/~clnetwork/socialsk.htm
  • Goodwin, M. (1999). Cooperative Learning and Social Skills: What Skills to Teach and How to Teach Them. Intervention in School and Clinic. 35(1). 29-33.
    http://www.powerof2.org/cgiwrap/powerof2/feature/index.php?id=67&next=1
  • Callahan, W. Skills Needed for Cooperative Learning. The College of  Education at the University of Northern Iowa.
    http://fp.uni.edu/rac/col/5-skills.htm
  • Callahan, W. How to Teach These Cooperative Skills. The College of  Education at the University of Northern Iowa.
    http://fp.uni.edu/rac/col/5-how.htm
  • In Time. (2002). Teaching Cooperative Skills. Last updated October, 2004.
    http://www.intime.uni.edu/coop_learning/ch5/teaching.htm
• Stay and Stray Strategy to share research

Assessment with Cooperative Learning

• Summative vs Formative
• Brainstorm Ideas for multiple forms of assessment using Talking Chips