{"id":1441,"date":"2018-10-04T19:43:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/edt431-531\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2018-10-04T19:43:45","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T23:43:45","slug":"cooperative-learning-fast-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-science-teaching\/2018\/10\/cooperative-learning-fast-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative Learning fast facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This just in:<\/strong> Cooperative Learning has taking our current educational studies by storm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRW23mIdrgJeqjp4aUkrl70tMCMstKUlPMLvoPKMXp8XRrPYcAifA\" alt=\"Image result for cooperative learning\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Cooperative Learning?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cooperative Learning is the idea that students take learning into their own hands while teachers take a step back. Students learn through various styles of learning activities while being in small groups usually referred to as teams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>What can it do for students?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0study conducted in 1991, when cooperative learning was starting to gain attention, they witnessed how cooperative learning can:<\/p>\n<p>-Encourage positive interdependence<\/p>\n<p>-Face-to-face promotes interaction<\/p>\n<p>-Help foster accountability and responsibility<\/p>\n<p>-Helps with social skills<\/p>\n<p>-Exposes student to collaboration efforts<\/p>\n<p>Trying to incorporate it?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s what you can do:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Form teams through some random means such as having students draw a card from a bag and say all the animals are a team, all the tv shows are team; etc.<\/p>\n<p>Have the group sit together and brainstorm a team name. Team names are fun for the students and encourage a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n<p>Present them with a topic or focus. Let&#8217;s say chemical reactions for example.<\/p>\n<p>You give each student a version of the reaction (covalent, ionic, ionic with transition metals) to become the &#8220;professional&#8221; of.<\/p>\n<p>They each have to research their expertise area with other experts from other teams and share their findings to their original team members.<\/p>\n<p>You then assess their newly found knowledge from their discussion.<\/p>\n<p>This is known as jigsaw II and it is one of many cooperative learning styles including others such as group inquiry.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/strategiesforspecialinterventions.weebly.com\/uploads\/3\/8\/7\/5\/38759681\/7459586.png\" alt=\"Image result for jigsaw 2 cooperative learning strategy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The importance of utilizing cooperative learning can be insurmountable and dire to the student&#8217;s individual learning cycle.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WyattBischoff\/status\/1047995521992986624<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>This just in: Cooperative Learning has taking our current educational studies by storm. What is Cooperative Learning? 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