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Cooperative Learning, sometimes called small-group learning, is an instructional strategy in which small groups of students work together on a common task. The task can be as simple as solving a multi-step math problem together, or as complex as developing a design for a new kind of school.
Learn about how to put cooperative learning structures in place to facilitate teamwork, focus and reinforced group interest in a variety of disciplines.
To ensure a more cooperative learning experience, educators can employ the following practices, which promote coordination, interdependence, and accountability. These practices can work well in synchronous online teaching settings, in person, or in a blended format.
Cooperative learning is a methodology that employs a variety of learning activities to improve students’ understanding of a subject by using a structured approach which involves a series of steps, requiring students to create, analyze and apply concepts (Kagan, 1990).
“Cooperative learning structures are content-free, repeatable instruction sequences that organize the interaction of students to implement basic principles of cooperative learning.” – Spencer Kagan. Basic Principles: P= Positive Interdependence I = Individual Accountability E= Equal Participation S= Simultaneous Interaction. Content +.
Cooperative learning strategies are content-free structures that can be reused in different school contexts and we are going to learn how to use some of them.
Robyn M. Gillies The University of Queensland. Abstract: Cooperative learning is widely recognised as a pedagogical practice that promotes socialization and learning among students from pre-school through to tertiary level and across different subject domains.
The interactive and interdependent components of cooperative learning offer the emotional and interpersonal experiences that boost emotional awareness, judgment, critical analysis, flexible perspective taking, creative problem-solving, innovation, and goal-directed behavior.
This type of group work is formally termed cooperative learning, and is defined as the instructional use of small groups to promote students working together to maximize their own and each other’s learning (Johnson, et al., 2008).
The active learning modalities in cooperative learning are called “structures”. Our descriptions of structures below provide only highlights but Barbara Millis's books, "Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty" and "Cooperative Learning in Higher Education" go into greater depth.