What’s Cooperative Learning?

HETEROGENEOUS GROUPING

(ELL)

POSITIVE ITERDEPENDENCE

INTERPERSONAL AND

SMALL GROUP SKILLS

GROUP PROCESS

ING

INDIVIDUAL AND

GROUP ACCOUNTA

BILITY

FACE-TO-FACE

PROMOTIVE

INTERACTION

ELEMENTS OF

COOPERATIVE

LEARNING

GENERALIZATIONS

• Organizing groups based on ability levels should be done sparingly

• Cooperative groups should be kept rather small size

• Cooperative learning should be applied consistently and systematically, but not overused

USING A VARIETY OF CRITERIA FOR GROUPING STUDENTS

INFORMAL, FORMAL, AND BASE GROUPS

MANAGING GROUP SIZE

COMBINING COOPERATIVE LEARNING WITH OTHER CLASSROOM

STRUCTURES

TECHNOLOGY

Multimedia

WEB RESOURCES

Keypals

Keypals

WebQuests

WebQuests

Web Site Creation

Web Site Creation

Collaborative Organizing

Collaborative Organizing

Collaborative Organizing

Web-Enabled Multiplayer Simulation

Games

COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE

Skype

Thank you,and remember…