Cooperative Learning
It’s all about Cooperative Learning these days. Think back to your middle or high school years for a minute. Did you ever have an assignment […]
Cooperative Learning
Team Work Makes the Dream Work
What is cooperative learning? First, lets define cooperation: (noun) the process of working together to the same end. Now, lets break down the definition itself. “Working […]
Cooperative learning, not just a group project!
In some cases, group projects can be cooperative but as we all have found out the hard way sometimes group projects are not cooperative at […]
Stop. Cooperate and Listen.
I know the lyric is “collaborate” but I just had to okay. Cooperative learning is a great way to build teamwork in your classroom and […]
Collaborative Learning: Not Just Working in Groups.
I Introduction When I was in high school, I won’t lie, group work made me gag. I hated working […]
Teaching Outside the Four Walls
What is Exemplary Science Teaching? Every future educator pursues the field wanting to make a difference in their students, their school, and maybe even the […]
Together We Can Do Great Things
Groups vs Teams: I really like the quote above! Every student had different strengths and weaknesses. This is why working together is important. What you […]
Teamwork: Making Dreams Work Since a Really Long Time Ago.
The cafe was warm, and soft morning sunlight streamed in through the tinted windows and onto Maria’s piles of newspaper clippings and scribbled-on napkins. Despite […]
Building the A-Team
Think back to high school, maybe even middle school (in some cases college), what was the one activity that every time the teacher mentioned it […]
Collaboration Nation
In many classrooms, students sit in straight rows, face forward, and the teacher lectures at them for 45 to 55 minutes. The students take notes […]