Cooperative+Learning

Use the following resources to help you answer the following questions:
Aim to spend about 60-90 minutes preparing. Develop a place/system for keeping track of your learning. Respond to these questions in 1-2 pages.
 * How would you explain the difference (if any) between cooperative learning and basic "group work"?
 * What elements of cooperative learning do teachers need to attend to in preparation?
 * What are different possible criteria and methods for grouping students?
 * What sorts of activities are best suited to cooperative learning?
 * What are pros/cons of cooperative learning?

Basic Overview

 * http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Cooperative_Learning
 * http://web.calstatela.edu/faculty/jshindl/cm/Chapter12CooperativeLearning-final.htm - Managing cooperative learning

Grouping
http://www.eduplace.com/science/profdev/articles/valentino.html - Flexible grouping http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues002.shtml - Ability grouping? http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-grouping-homogeneous-heterogeneous-ben-johnson - Homogenous or heterogeneous?

Classroom Video Examples
7th Grade Learning Centers - https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/preparing-students-for-exams 12th Grade English - Interactive Stations - https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/increase-engagement-and-understanding?fd=1 High School History - simulation - https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/using-simulation-in-the-classroom Structured Group Work - https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/structured-groups

A Case Against So Much Groupwork
(Watch one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhDCz0V9FcA - Susan Cain - Shorter version (8 minutes) http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html -"The Power of Introverts" - TED Talk by Susan Cain (19 minutes)

A Case For Groupwork
(Watch one) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/steven_johnson_where_good_ideas_come_from.html - "Where Good Ideas Come From" - TED Talk by Steven Johnson (17 minutes) http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html - "The Child-driven Education" - TED talk by Sugata Mitra (17 minutes)

Descriptions and Definitions
http://www.learner.org/workshops/socialstudies/pdf/session6/6.CooperativeLearning.pdf - Essential Elements http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/coopcollab/index.html - Cooperative and Collaborative Learning - a professional development module http://www.kaganonline.com/free_articles/dr_spencer_kagan/ASK06.php - Seventeen Pros & Cons by Spencer Kagan http://www.kaganonline.com/free_articles/dr_spencer_kagan/why_call_on_just_one-1.php - Why Call on Just One? http://www.pgcps.org/~elc/learning1.html - A Guide to Cooperative Learning http://api.ning.com/files/PUDbVrQ778waJB66XIobHYRtkJ0IZc3JAj0xfOUWWm8_/CooperativeLearningV1.2.pdf - Cooperative Learning http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jshindl/cm/cooplearning.htm - Managing the Cooperative Learning Activity http://www.co-operation.org/?page_id=65 - An Overview of Cooperative Learning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0s_qxJDuas - Video - introduction to Kagan structures

Complex Instruction
"[|Making Cooperative Learning Equitable]" http://www.tantasqua.org/superintendent/profdevelopment/etcomplexinstr.html - Brief summary of the approach http://math.arizona.edu/~cemela/english/content/workingpapers/2010NCTMRossTsinnajinnieCivil04_24.pdf - Overview in a math context

Jigsaw
http://www.jigsaw.org/ - Description, purposes, and implementation ideas

Informal Cooperative Learning
http://www.co-operation.org/?page_id=65 - Scroll down till you see the heading "Informal cooperative learning" http://et.nwresd.org/node/209 - A number of examples

Cooperative Base Groups
http://www.co-operation.org/?page_id=65 - Scroll down till you see the heading "cooperative base groups"