Republic of the Philippines

NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Teacher Education
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Hernandez, Venus Gay M.

Catap, Shennen Kaye B.

Malah-hon, Joan D.

COOPERATIVE LEARNING WITH THE COMPUTER

Reality dictates that school face the fact that each classroom, especially in public or
government schools, may not be equipped with the appropriate number of computers. The
creativity of the teacher will have to respond to the situation, and so cooperative learning will
likely be the answer to the implementation of IT.

DEFINING COOPERATIVE LEARNING

Cooperative or Collaborative Learning is learning by small groups of students who work

together in a common learning task. It is also called group learning.

5 ELEMENTS NEEDED TO BE TRULY COOPERATIVE LEARNING

 A common goal
 Interdependence
 Interaction
 Individual accountability
 Social skills
ADVANTAGES OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING
 Encourages active learning, while motivating students.
 Increases academic performance.
 Promotes literacy and language skills.
 Improves teacher’s effectiveness.
 Republic of the Philippines
NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Teacher Education
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

 In addition, there are studies which show that cooperative learning enhances:
1. Personal and social development among students.
2. Self-esteem
3. Social relations between racially and culturally different students
COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND THE COMPUTER
 Based on a study conducted, researchers agree that the computer is a natural learning
vehicle for cooperative (at times called promotive) learning.
 Thus, it shows that when students work with computers in groups, they cluster and interact
with each other for advice and mutual help.
 Moreover, given the option to work. Individually wish to work together in computer-based
activities.
 Reflecting on this, psychologist think the computer fasters this positive social behavior
because it has a display monitor – where they look something in common.
COMPONENTS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING
 Educators are still wary about the computer’s role in cooperative learning. Thus they pose
the position that the use of computers do not automatically result in cooperative learning.
 There, therefore assign the teacher several tasks in order to ensure collaborative learning.
These are:
- Assigning students to mixed-ability teams.
- Establishing positive interdependence.
- Teaching cooperative social skills.
- Insuring individual accountability, and
- Helping groups process information
 These are in addition to assigning a common work goal in which each member of the group
will realize that their group will not succeed unless everyone contributes to the group’s
success.
 It is also important for the teacher limits learning group clusters (six is the ideal number in
a group) so there can be closer involvement in thinking and learning.
 Republic of the Philippines
NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Teacher Education
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

“We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity
matters more.” – Bill Clinton