Cooperative+Learning


 * Cooperative Learning **


 * From Wikipedia: **Cooperative learning is an approach to organizing classroom activities into academic and social learning experiences. Students must work in groups to complete tasks collectively. Unlike individual learning, students learning cooperatively capitalize on one another’s resources and skills (asking one another for information, evaluating one another’s ideas, monitoring one another’s work, etc.). [1][2]  Furthermore, the teacher's role changes from giving information to facilitating students' learning. [3][4] Everyone succeeds when the group succeeds.

Effective cooperative learning occurs when students work together to accomplish shared goals and when positive structures are in place to support that process (Johnson & Johnson, 1999)


 * Resources **

Gillies, R. (2007). //Cooperative Learning: Integrating Theory and Practice//. Sage Publications, Inc.
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These templates and ideas use the Internet and Power Point [] - cps

Whole class review games: Jeopardy game board and Wheel of Fortune

Class Activities that use Cooperative Learning: Most of these structures are developed by Dr. Spencer Kagan and his associates at Kagan Publishing and Professional Development. []

Cherry Creek School District Cooperative Learning Resources @http://www.tltguide.ccsd.k12.co.us/instructional_tools/Strategies/Strategies.html

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