ACHIEVING
STUDENT OUTCOMES THROUGH COOPERATIVE LEARNING™
Achieving
Student Outcomes Through Cooperative Learning™ trains educators to work
with students in groups and shows them how to weave a student's mastery of
subject matter with the development of lifelong interpersonal and
questioning skills.
1. Create brief cooperative activities
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Choose
cooperative processes that blend with class content.
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Determine
optimum group configurations.
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Create
positive interdependence.
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Develop
questioning skills, using Questions for Life.
2.
Create more extensive cooperative activities
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Choose
interpersonal skills to be learned in tandem with subject matter.
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Determine
optimum group size.
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Teach
interpersonal and life questioning skills.
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Ascertain
roles and materials to assign to each group.
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Develop
techniques for observing groups as they work.
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Learn
methods for debriefing subject matter and interpersonal skills.
3.
Explore options for the teacher's role while groups work together
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Learn
the difference between interaction and intervention.
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Ascertain
when and how to approach groups having difficulties. Develop
techniques to approach groups needing assistance.
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Learn
techniques that assist students in solving their own problems.
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Use
simple forms to design cooperative learning lessons.
4.
Accumulate tips for producing quality group work
