What is Cooperative Learning
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An active learning strategy
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where you become actively involved in mastering and applying course
material (rather than just listening to me lecture and taking notes)...
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... by working collaboratively with your
classmates
- to learn from each other (rather than competitively)...
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... in cooperative teams with the following conditions:
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- Positive interdependence.
- Team members must rely on one another to accomplish the goals.
- Individual accountability.
- Members are held accountable for
- doing their share of the work, and
- mastering all material.
- Face-to-face interaction.
- Some or all work is done by members working together.
- Appropriate use of interpersonal skills.
- Team members practice and receive instruction in leadership,
decision-making, communication, and conflict management.
- Regular self-assessment of group functioning.
- Teams periodically reflect on what they are doing well as
a team, what they could improve, and what (if anything) they will do
differently in the future.
Cooperative learning is NOT:
- students sitting around a table studying together
- group projects with one or two students doing all the work