2013 FFTF Summer Institute

1. 2013 FFTF Summer Institute Julie Saam, Ph.D Associate Professor of Education Assistant Dean School of Education Indiana University Kokomo

2. Cooperative Learning Write down 3 things you know or think you know about Cooperative Learning.

3. Cooperative Task • Facilitator: Gather responses about Cooperative Learning from the members of your group and read to the group. • Synthesizer: Write a summative statement regarding the group’s response concerning Cooperative Learning. • Presenter: Read/Present the statement to the large group.

4. Cooperative Groups • Everyone has a task • Group evaluation and grading • Number and make-up of group chosen according to activity

5. Cooperative Learning Strategies • Group into home groups • Number each person in the group. • Group into numbered groups and • Receive a cooperative learning strategy to review. • Read the description of the cooperative learning strategy and think of examples of classroom use that can be used to explain the strategy. • Return back to home groups • Each member will teach the group about their expertise in the cooperative learning strategy

6. Cooperative Learning Strategies Cont… • Think-Pair-Share • Three-step interview • Numbered-heads together • Round-robin • Three-minute review • Jigsaw

7. If you want to learn more… • Cooperative Learning is the most researched of all instructional strategies. • Some familiar names: Johnson, Roger T.; Johnson, David W.; Kagan, Spencer; Aronson, Elliot • Most cooperative learning research has strong connections to school violence, race relations, conflict resolution and the like.