Managing CL
Managing Cooperative Learning
Cooperative learning succeeds or fails on management. Without structure, groups drift, the loudest student dominates, and the rest disengage.
The syntax all cooperative learning follows: clarify goals, present information, organize teams, assist teamwork, test, and recognize
Seven concerns teachers face: seating, resources, noise, fair share, individual assessment, conflict, group self-assessment
Four roles that get the work done: task master, material monitor, coach, and recorder
Four roles that smooth the work: gatekeeper, encourager, checker, and time keeper
Two real classroom examples: Miss Mana’s struggling jigsaw groups and Miss Ayesha’s token system
Combining team and individual evaluation, using rubrics for skills and attitudes, and recognition methods that fit cooperative learning
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