Cooperative Learning in the eMINTS Classroom

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Cooperative Learning in the eMINTSClassroom

• May 24, 2006

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Purpose of Module

• This module addresses cooperative-learning
  strategies, specifically the social and
  group-processing skills teachers can use to help
  students succeed.

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Module Objectives

• Learners will become aware of cooperative-learning
  strategies that have been successful in eMINTS
  classrooms
• Learners will understand why cooperative learning
  is instrumental in teaching students to work on
  group technology projects that require
  higher-order thinking skills
• Learners will develop a sense of what
  cooperative-learning structures are and will
  learn several successful structures
• Learners will identify several cooperative-learnin
  g structures to include in their own classroom
  and plan ways to use these structures

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Essential Question

• How can students work effectively in groups?

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Engage
Can you Zooley??
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Overview ofCooperativeLearning Elements
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Co-Op Learning Elements

• Positive Interdependence
• Individual Accountablity
• Equal Participation

• Simultaneous Interaction
• Group Processing
• Face-to-Face Interaction

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Jigsaw Activity
Expert Groups
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Objections

• The World is Competitive
• High-Achieving Students will be Dragged Down
• It is Difficult to Manage Cooperative Learning
• Bad Past Experiences
• Too Much Cooperative Learning

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CreatingStudentTeams
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CooperativeGrouping Cards
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EstablishingPositiveInterdependence
http//resources.emints.org/modresources/links/coo
perativelearning.shtml
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StructuringPositiveInterdependence
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CooperativeLearning Structure

• Think-Pair-Share

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Group Interaction

• Identifying a Skill and
• Developing a Plan

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Assessment withCooperativeLearning
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ImplementingCooperativeLearning
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Reflection onTechnology CooperativeLearning
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Essential Question

• How can students work effectively in groups?

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