COOPERATIVE LEARNING
A lot of teachers have the wrong idea about cooperative learning. If teachers put students into groups to work they will tell you that they are using cooperative learning. In reality one or two students are doing all the work, while the rest sit there. In order for it to be truly considered cooperative learning, each student should have a role in the group. The students are all engaged and sharing. It is positive interdependence, individual and group accountability, positive interaction, interpersonal and small group skills, and group processing.
IDEAS
Reciprocal Teaching/Writing-Students are put in groups of 4 and assigned a role as a Predictor, Questioner, Clarifier, or Summarizer. The predictor predicts what they think the reading is about. They can ask questions to help promote thinking before reading. Read the article. As the article is being read the questioner can come up with questions to ask the group. The clarifier clarifies words or sentences. If they do not know, they are responsible to find out the answer. The summarizer summarizes what was read.
Numbered Heads Together-Students are put into groups of 4-5. A question is displayed and all members of the team discuss it. The teacher picks a number, that member of each group stands up and shares the group's answer.
Jigsaw-Students have a main group/team. Each member of the group is assigned an area on which to become the "expert." The students leave their groups and go find other members of their "expertise" group. These new groups now learn the topic and discuss what needs to be shared with their main group. The "experts" then return to their main group/team and share what was learned with everyone else.
Inside/Outside Circle-The students are broken in half. One half forms an inside circle and faces outward. The other half forms a circle around them and faces the inside circle. Ask a question and the students on the outside answer while those on the inside listen and then they switch roles. When everyone is finished the outside circle rotates one person to the left and the process repeats. This is a great activity to use to help the students brainstorm before a writing activity.
Gallery Walk-Students work together in a group on a text or topic. They make something to exhibit to the rest of the class. They students then walk around the class looking at the exhibits. Notes can be taken or added onto the exhibit. Students can move around freely or you can have them in groups and tell them to move to the next one or use music.
Dinner Party-Students take on the roll of a character, historical figure, scientists, authors, and so forth. During the "dinner" the students must play their character and respond to each other as accurately and realistically as possible. They should know important information about their person-accomplishments and faults, and anything else that is important.
Stay and Stray-Students work in cooperative groups to answer a question or solve a problem. Each group member is assigned a number. The teacher calls out the number and that person stays behind to teach/share what their group learned. The rest of the group moves on to the next poster. After the sharing is done, the teacher calls our another number and a new person stays behind to share the information they just learned.
Socratic Seminars-Students read text in advance. Students are set up in an inner and outer circle. The inner circle are those discussing and the outer circle are the students observing their partner and what is begin said. The teacher gets the discussion going by having several open ended questions. The students also can come to the circle with questions. The teacher starts off the discussion and then the students in the inner circle lead the discussion by answering the question, giving their thoughts and opinions, responding to other students, and asking their own questions to the group. https://www.nwabr.org/sites/default/files/SocSem.pdf
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/bring-socratic-seminars-to-the-classroom
Think-Pair-Share-Students think about the question, talk about it with a partner, and then share with a small group or whole class.
Three Step Interview-Students are in pairs. There is an interviewer and an interviewee. A topic or question is assigned. Number 1 interviews number 2 and then they switch roles. Then this group joins another group and in round robin fashion they share what they learned.
Webquests-click here to go to web quests
Rally Robin-Students work in pairs. The teacher asks a question. Each partner takes turns answering the question. The teacher calls on either Partner A or B to give an answer.
Role Playing-Self-explanatory. One example that we did with Martha Trejo from Pearson when she came to train us in SIOP was role playing the evil step sisters from Cinderella. Partner A had to argue why Cinderella should come to the ball and Partner B was the other step sister that argues why she should not be allowed to go to the ball. You can do this with characters of a book, famous people, historical people, etc.
Reciprocal Teaching/Writing-Students are put in groups of 4 and assigned a role as a Predictor, Questioner, Clarifier, or Summarizer. The predictor predicts what they think the reading is about. They can ask questions to help promote thinking before reading. Read the article. As the article is being read the questioner can come up with questions to ask the group. The clarifier clarifies words or sentences. If they do not know, they are responsible to find out the answer. The summarizer summarizes what was read.
Numbered Heads Together-Students are put into groups of 4-5. A question is displayed and all members of the team discuss it. The teacher picks a number, that member of each group stands up and shares the group's answer.
Jigsaw-Students have a main group/team. Each member of the group is assigned an area on which to become the "expert." The students leave their groups and go find other members of their "expertise" group. These new groups now learn the topic and discuss what needs to be shared with their main group. The "experts" then return to their main group/team and share what was learned with everyone else.
Inside/Outside Circle-The students are broken in half. One half forms an inside circle and faces outward. The other half forms a circle around them and faces the inside circle. Ask a question and the students on the outside answer while those on the inside listen and then they switch roles. When everyone is finished the outside circle rotates one person to the left and the process repeats. This is a great activity to use to help the students brainstorm before a writing activity.
Gallery Walk-Students work together in a group on a text or topic. They make something to exhibit to the rest of the class. They students then walk around the class looking at the exhibits. Notes can be taken or added onto the exhibit. Students can move around freely or you can have them in groups and tell them to move to the next one or use music.
Dinner Party-Students take on the roll of a character, historical figure, scientists, authors, and so forth. During the "dinner" the students must play their character and respond to each other as accurately and realistically as possible. They should know important information about their person-accomplishments and faults, and anything else that is important.
Stay and Stray-Students work in cooperative groups to answer a question or solve a problem. Each group member is assigned a number. The teacher calls out the number and that person stays behind to teach/share what their group learned. The rest of the group moves on to the next poster. After the sharing is done, the teacher calls our another number and a new person stays behind to share the information they just learned.
Socratic Seminars-Students read text in advance. Students are set up in an inner and outer circle. The inner circle are those discussing and the outer circle are the students observing their partner and what is begin said. The teacher gets the discussion going by having several open ended questions. The students also can come to the circle with questions. The teacher starts off the discussion and then the students in the inner circle lead the discussion by answering the question, giving their thoughts and opinions, responding to other students, and asking their own questions to the group. https://www.nwabr.org/sites/default/files/SocSem.pdf
https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/bring-socratic-seminars-to-the-classroom
Think-Pair-Share-Students think about the question, talk about it with a partner, and then share with a small group or whole class.
Three Step Interview-Students are in pairs. There is an interviewer and an interviewee. A topic or question is assigned. Number 1 interviews number 2 and then they switch roles. Then this group joins another group and in round robin fashion they share what they learned.
Webquests-click here to go to web quests
Rally Robin-Students work in pairs. The teacher asks a question. Each partner takes turns answering the question. The teacher calls on either Partner A or B to give an answer.
Role Playing-Self-explanatory. One example that we did with Martha Trejo from Pearson when she came to train us in SIOP was role playing the evil step sisters from Cinderella. Partner A had to argue why Cinderella should come to the ball and Partner B was the other step sister that argues why she should not be allowed to go to the ball. You can do this with characters of a book, famous people, historical people, etc.
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