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CORPORATIVE

LEARNING

By
Star
Bright
Starlites: Shelly Carrington
Saira Kissoon
Glendine George
Debroah
WHAT IS CORPORATIVE 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.

In cooperative learning students work with their peers


to accomplish a shared or common goal.
WHY USE COOPERATIVE LEARNING?

Research has shown that cooperative learning techniques:


 promote student learning and academic achievement
 increase student retention
 enhance student satisfaction with their learning experience
 help students develop skills in oral communication
 develop students' social skills
 promote student self-esteem
 help to promote positive race relations
REASONS FOR COOPERATIVE LEARNING

 greater student achievement

 social benefits

 changing business structure

 economic benefits
ELEMENTS OF CORPORATIVE LEARNING

 Positive Interdependence

 Face-to-Face Interaction  

 Individual & Group Accountability

 Interpersonal & Small-Group Skills

 Group Processing
EFFECTS OF CORPORATIVE LEARNING

 Effects on Motivation

 Effects on Achievement

 Effects on Social Relationships


WHY DOES CORPORATIVE LEARNING REALLY
WORK

 When researchers attempt to explain the widespread positive effects that are

typically found among studies of cooperative learning, they usually cite one

or more of the following explanations (Slavin, 1995).

• Motivational Effect

• Cognitive Development Effect

• Cognitive Elaboration Effect


ROLE OF THE TEACHER IN CORPORATIVE LEARNING
 The role of the teacher is very important in cooperative
learning.
 To have an effective cooperative learning group teachers must know
their students well. Grouping of students can be a difficult process
and must be decided with care.
 Teachers must consider the different learning skills, cultural
background, personalities, and even gender when arranging
cooperative groups. Much time is devoted to prepare the lesson for
cooperative learning. However, teachers fade in the background and
become a coach, facilitate, or and sometimes a spectator after the
lesson is implemented.
 Teachers who set up a good cooperative lesson teach children to teach
themselves and each other. Students learn from their peers and
become less dependent on the teacher for help.
CLASS ACTIVITIES THAT USE COOPERATIVE LEARNING

 Jigsaw

 Think-Pair-Share

 Three-Step Interview

 Round Robin Brainstorming

 Three-minute review

 Numbered Heads Together

 Team Pair Solo

 Circle the Sage

 Partners
REFERENCES
 http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm#activities
 http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~andyd/mindset/design/clc_rsch.html

 http://college.cengage.com/education/pbl/tc/coop.html#4

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