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- An Overview of Cooperative Learning
There are three basic ways students can interact with each other as they learn. Cooperation among students-who celebrate each others successes, encourage each other to do homework, and learn to work together regardless of ethnic backgrounds or whether they are male or female, bright or struggling, disabled or not, is still rare.
- Cooperative Learning and Conflict Resolution
The purpose of cooperative learning is to make each group member a stronger individual in his or her own right. There should be a pattern and flow to classroom learning--learn it together, perform it alone.
- Dr. Kagan - Pioneer in Cooperative Learning
Dr. Kagan and his associates discovered that children of all ages became more cooperative when they were placed in certain types of situations. Dr. Kagan created simple structures that allow teachers to guide the interaction of students. Kagan's structures not only lead to greater cooperativeness; they have proven positive results in many areas, including greater academic achievement, improved ethnic relations, enhanced self-esteem, harmonious classroom climate, and the development of social skills and character virtues.
- Five Elements of Cooperative Learning
Cooperative efforts result in participants striving for mutual benefit so that all group members. It is only under certain conditions that cooperative efforts may be expected to be more productive than competitive and individualistic efforts.
- What is Cooperative Learning?
Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize their own and each other's learning. The idea is simple. Class members are organized into small groups after receiving instruction from the teacher. They then work through the assignment until all group members successfully understand and complete it. Learn more.
