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adele mierwebsite on cooperative learning
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Sara SchutteI chose this website because it explains and gives ideas for the cooperative learning teaching strategy. It gives the 5 elements of cooperative learning as well as classroom activities that can be done using cooperative learning.
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Steven HaubCooperative Learning is a form of education that allows kids of different levels and abilities to successfully teach each other in collaboration.
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Dan CappsSite which details the 5 elements of cooperative learning and much more.
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Dylan BramelThis website provides the definition of cooperative learning and information on it. It also has different ideas of activities that use cooperative learning.
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Katie ReynoldsThis is a great website to find out the basic info on Coop Learning. You can find out what it is, how to use it, and ideas to implement it into your classroom!
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Erica JohnsonThis page has different reasons why teachers should use cooperative learning. It also has different activities that use cooperative learning.
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Anna MetcalfThis website stresses the importance of cooperative learning in a group setting and the benefits behind such learning strategies.
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Leah WilkinsKagan, Spencer. Cooperative Learning. San Clemente, CA: Kagan Publishing, 1994. www.KaganOnline.com
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Sarah ElliottInformation about cooperative learning, including descriptions of various content-free structures that enable it. e.g. team pair solo, think pair share etc.
cooperative learning Kagan structures education collaboration
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Claire RatfieldSpencer Kagan structures explained
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marcus mcgregorThis site tells you what cooperative learning is, gives you 5 elements of cooperative learning, tells you why to use cooperative learning, and give you class activities that use cooperative learning
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Anna FolkeCooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through the assignment until all group members successfully understand and complete it.
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mary carterThis site explains what cooperative learning is. It also explains why teachers should use it. The site discusses the benefits of cooperative learning also.The site also provides a list of classroom activities that can be down with cooperative learning.
Cooperative Learning Education Strategies Classroom Activities.
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Glynis BoekankampThis site has a definition and strategies for cooperative learning. There is a list of pro's for cooperative learning and useful activities to use in the classroom.
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Jasmine SaundersThe website gives a good description of cooperative learning, gives reasons to why you should use it in your classroom, and gives a nice list of different activities that could be done with this strategy.
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Aaron VoglA website that offeres a overview of what exactly Cooperative Learning is. Also includes the elements and some examples for teachers to run through with their students.
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Amanda CarpenterThis explains what cooperative learning is and why it is important to have in the classroom.
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Cooperative learning is a successful teaching
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Meng ZhangOne of the important teaching activities--Cooperate learning. This website has many good tips for teachers running cooperate learning activities.
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gain from each other's efforts. (Your success benefits me and my success benefits you.)
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recognize that all group members share a common fate. (We all sink or swim together here.)
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know that one's performance is mutually caused by oneself and one's team members. (We can not do it without you.)
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feel proud and jointly celebrate when a group member is recognized for achievement. (We all congratulate you on your accomplishment!).
Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through the assignment until all group members successfully understand and complete it.
Cooperative efforts result in participants striving for mutual benefit so that all group members:
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Class Activities that use Cooperative Learning
Most of these structures are developed by Dr. Spencer Kagan and his associates at Kagan Publishing and Professional Development. For resources and professional development information on Kagan Structures, please visit: www.KaganOnline.com
1. Jigsaw - Groups with five students are set up. Each group member is assigned some unique material to learn and then to teach to his group members. To help in the learning students across the class working on the same sub-section get together to decide what is important and how to teach it. After practice in these "expert" groups the original groups reform and students teach each other. (Wood, p. 17) Tests or assessment follows.
2. Think-Pair-Share - Involves a three step cooperative structure. During the first step individuals think silently about a question posed by the instructor. Individuals pair up during the second step and exchange thoughts. In the third step, the pairs share their responses with other pairs, other teams, or the entire group.
3. Three-Step Interview (Kagan) - Each member of a team chooses another member to be a partner. During the first step individuals interview their partners by asking clarifying questions. During the second step partners reverse the roles. For the final step, members share their partner's response with the team. 
4. RoundRobin Brainstorming (Kagan)- Class is divided into small groups (4 to 6) with one person appointed as the recorder. A question is posed with many answers and students are given time to think about answers. After the "think time," members of the team share responses with one another round robin style. The recorder writes down the answers of the group members. The person next to the recorder starts and each person in the group in order gives an answer until time is called. 
5. Three-minute review - Teachers stop any time during a lecture or discussion and give teams three minutes to review what has been said, ask clarifying questions or answer questions. 
6. Numbered Heads Together (Kagan) - A team of four is established. Each member is given numbers of 1, 2, 3, 4. Questions are asked of the group. Groups work together to answer the question so that all can verbally answer the question. Teacher calls out a number (two) and each two is asked to give the answer. 
7. Team Pair Solo (Kagan)- Students do problems first as a team, then with a partner, and finally on their own. It is designed to motivate students to tackle and succeed at problems which initially are beyond their ability. It is based on a simple notion of mediated learning. Students can do more things with help (mediation) than they can do alone. By allowing them to work on problems they could not do alone, first as a team and then with a partner, they progress to a point they can do alone that which at first they could do only with help. 
8. Circle the Sage (Kagan)- First the teacher polls the class to see which students have a special knowledge to share. For example the teacher may ask who in the class was able to solve a difficult math homework question, who had visited Mexico, who knows the chemical reactions involved in how salting the streets help dissipate snow. Those students (the sages) stand and spread out in the room. The teacher then has the rest of the classmates each surround a sage, with no two members of the same team going to the same sage. The sage explains what they know while the classmates listen, ask questions, and take notes. All students then return to their teams. Each in turn, explains what they learned. Because each one has gone to a different sage, they compare notes. If there is disagreement, they stand up as a team. Finally, the disagreements are aired and resolved.
9. Partners (Kagan) - The class is divided into teams of four. Partners move to one side of the room. Half of each team is given an assignment to master to be able to teach the other half. Partners work to learn and can consult with other partners working on the same material. Teams go back together with each set of partners teaching the other set. Partners quiz and tutor teammates. Team reviews how well they learned and taught and how they might improve the process. 
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Rodney TurnerResources and tips for using Cooperative Learning in your classroom. http://t.co/NbUpewVs
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Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through
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Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject.
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ooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject
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levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an atmosphere of achievement. Students work through the assignment
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from each other's efforts. (Your success benefits me and my success benefits you.)
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recognize that all group members
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know that one's performance is mutually caused by oneself and one's team members. (We can not do it without you.)
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feel proud and jointly celebrate when a group member is recognized for achievement. (We all congratulate you on your accomplishment!).
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gain from each other's efforts. (Your success benefits me and my success benefits you.)
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recognize that all group members share a common fate. (We all sink or swim together here.)
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know that one's performance is mutually caused by oneself and one's team members. (We can not do it without you.)
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feel proud and jointly celebrate when a group member is recognized for achievement. (We all congratulate you on your accomplishment!).
Cooperative efforts result in participants striving for mutual benefit so that all group members:
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C PageExcellent description of cooperative learning with suggested activites.
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Class Activities that use Cooperative Learning
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