Cooperative Learning

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Cooperative Learning

• Please sit in groups of 5

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Broken Squares Activity

• Task
• Build 5 squares of equal size from the pieces
  your group has been given in the different
  envelopes.
• Each person must have a complete square in front
  of them
• Rules
• No talking, pointing or any other form of
  communication
• You can give your pieces away, but not ask for
  others pieces
• You cannot put your pieces in a central pileonly
  give them directly to another person

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Cooperative Learning vs. Group Work

• 4 Basic Principles (PIES)
• Positive Interdependence
• Does a gain for one student result in a gain for
  another?
• Individual Accountability
• Is individual public performance required?
• Equal Participation
• How equal is the participation?
• Simultaneous Interaction
• How many student are active at one time?

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Numbered Heads Together

• Students number off
• Teacher asks a question Make sure everyone
  knows that
• Heads together and hands down when done
• Teacher calls a number and that one student
  answers

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Numbered Heads Together

• How does the Broken Squares Activity illustrate
  each of the PIES principles?
• Positive Interdependence
• Does a gain for one student result in a gain for
  another
• Individual Accountability
• Is individual public performance required?
• Equal Participation
• How equal is the participation?
• Simultaneous Interaction
• How many student are active at one time?

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Pairs Compare

• Partners take out one sheet of paper and one
  pencil (one group of 2, one group of 3)
• Rally table within pairs (share ideas in writing
  one at a time)-no talking
• Pairs compare lists between partners
• Team challenge Add any new learnings to list
  (Give number to add)
• Task Write down as many cooperative learning
  strategies as you can over the next minute.

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JigSaw

• Give each team member a different piece of the
  puzzle, reading material, or lab activity
• Students get into expert groups and work together
  to master their material
• Students return to their original groups and
  teach their teammates their material
• Assess all individuals in group on their
  understanding of all the readings or creation of
  a team product

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Send-A-Problem

• Students make up questions and write on 3x5 cards
• Students check with teammates and write answer on
  back of the card
• Team sends problem cards to another team
• Teams respond

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Broken Squares Solution
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Clean Up

• Put numbered pieces back into same numbered
  envelopes! Thanks.