Instructional strategy2
Transcript of Instructional strategy2
Cooperative learning is a strategy used to enhance student learning by having students work together to discuss ideas, complete tasks and/or projects.
DEFINITION
IT LOOKS & SOUNDS LIKE...
Students discussing ideas
Listening
Helping each other
Working as a team
Students sitting next to one another
KEY ELEMENTS
Students must work as a team
Students must be held accountable
Students should be provided with time for reflection
PROS
Students with different ability levels can be grouped together
Groups can be used over a long period of time
Cooperative grouping can be used throughout content areas
CONS
Large groups can make learning challenging
Overuse of strategy makes it ineffective
Potential grouping of members according to one ability
HOW CAN I USE THIS STRATEGY?
Students can work together to solve a word problem to come up with multiple ways to solve one problem.
Have a group research a topic and create a newspaper relating to the topic, possibly assign roles to the group members.