Cooperative

Learning
Laura Chambless
SCC RESA K-7 Science and Math Consultant
www.protopage.com/lchambless
 Cooperative Learning:
What is It?

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Cooperative learning is
a successful teaching
strategy in which small
teams, each with
students of varying
abilities, use a variety of
learning activities to
improve their
 Cooperative Learning:
What is It?
 Each member of a team
is responsible not only for
learning what is taught,
but also for helping
teammates learn, thus
creating an atmosphere
of achievement.
 Cooperative Learning:
What is It?
 small teams
 varying abilities

 variety of learning activities

 improve their understanding

 each member responsible

 helping teammates

 atmosphere of achievement

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 What is Cooperative Learning?
 (use the window paning to help your discussion)

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 Six Key Concepts of
Kagan’s Cooperative
Learning
• Teams - participate in teams
• Management - non-traditional classroom
rules and norms established
• Will - Will to cooperate through structures
• Skill - Social Skills
• Principles - P.I.E.S.
• Structures - Teambuilding, Classbuilding,
Mastery, Thinking Skills, Communication
Skills, and Information Sharing
 Social Skills
Listening Turn Taking
Helping Praising
Polite Waiting Patience
Stay on Task Following Directions
Reach Consensus Problem Solving
Active Listening Teamwork
Asking for Help Providing Clarification
Compassion Complements
Contributing to Ideas Different Perspectives

Negotiating Critique Ideas of Others

Responsibility Disagree Appropriately
Accepting Decisions Compromise
Sharing Encouraging Others
Asking Questions Accepting Compliment
Greeting/Departing Being Honest
Being Flexible
 Four Basic Principles : P.I.E.S.

Po sitive In d ivid u a l E q u a lPa rticip a tio n S im u lta n e o u s

In te rd e p e n d e n ce A cco u n ta b ility In te ra ctio n
 Structures
Classbuilder – once a week

Get students up Students moving Big group

around
Teambuilder – twice a week

fun No content For low students

 Cooperative Learning
Research Based
Increase student achievement
by 26 %
Marzano
Cooperative Learning is not
Group work !
 Numbered Heads
Together
1.What does P.I.E.S. stand for?
2.Give an example of a quite
signal.
3.Cooperative learning is using a
variety of learning activities to
improve students
______________ of a subject.
 Numbered Heads
Together
1. Teacher has students Ideas For My Classroom
number off in their •
group. •
2. The teachers poses a •
question.
•
3. Students put heads
together. •
4. Teacher calls time and •
spins to see which
team member will
answer the
question.
5. Team member that
answers is can not
have any help from
team mates.
6. When groups complete
task they celebrate
with a group cheer
 Show Down

 Cooperative Learning – Benefits

for Students
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1.What does P.I.E.S. stand for?

2.Give an example of a quite signal.
3.Each member of a team is
responsible not only for learning
what is taught, but also for
helping ______________ learn.
 Show Down
Ideas For Your Classroom
1. Teacher reads
question. •
•
2. Students write answer
on white boards •
making sure no •
one else sees •
their answer. •
3. Teacher announces
“Show Down”.
4. Students compare
answers and
makes sure
everyone in the
group has the
right answer.
5. When groups
complete task
they celebrate
Structure: Limited
Resources
 Limited Resources
1. Divide class into groups of 3,4, or Ideas For My Classroom
5 •
2. Give each group 1 pencil and 1 •
piece of paper with task written •
 on it •
3. When teacher announces go, •
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students complete task •
4. When groups complete task they
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celebrate with a group cheer
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 Talking Chips

Tell your team how you are

going to use cooperative
learning in your classroom.
 Talking Chips
1.Each students has one talking
chip. Ideas For My Classroom
2.Students place their chip in the •
center of the team table each •
time they talk. •
3.Students can speak in any order, •
but can not speak a second time •
until all chips are in the center. •
4.When all chips have been placed •
(everyone has spoken), the
chips are all collected and
anyone in any order can speak
again.
5.When groups complete task they
celebrate with a group cheer
7.