Cooperative learning
                     COOPERATIVE 
LEARNING
WHAT IS COOPERATIVE 
LEARNING?
Cooperative Learning is an instructional method in 
which students work in small groups to accomplish a 
common learning goal under the guidance of the 
teacher.
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PERSONAL 
INTERDEPENDENT
In general we talk about positive interdependence when 
a gain for one is a benefit for the other. Pair and group 
members experience themselves as a team and are on 
the same side working toward the same goal.
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INDIVIDUAL 
ACCOUNTABILITY
In the cooperative classroom, students work together as 
a team to create and to learn, but ultimately every 
individual student is responsible for his or her own 
performance.
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EQUAL PARTICIPATION
Pair and group work is usually very well welcomed by 
students, but the problem is that it is difficult to check 
whether students are equally working.
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SIMULTANEOUS 
INTERACTION
Cooperative learning strategies on the contrary are 
designed to produce simultaneous interaction, so to 
engage as many students as possible simultaneously.
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GROUP PROCESSING
After completing their task, students must be given 
time and procedures for analyzing how well their 
learning groups are functioning and how well social 
skills are being employed. 
Group processing involves both taskwork and 
teamwork, with an eye to improving it on the next 
project.
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COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES
THINK-PAIR-SHARE
Think-Pair-Share is the solution to the situation every 
teacher encounters when asking a question in class: 
having the same student(s) answering every single 
time.
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TIMED-PAIR-SHARE
Timed-Pair-Share is perfect for students to interact and 
practise the language, so it can be used in every 
subject where the context is everything and it makes 
sure every student will talk and listen for the same 
amount of time.
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AGREE-DISAGREE LINE-UPS
A good way to involve some movement before starting 
a Timed-Pair-Share and to make sure students get to 
talk to everybody else in the classroom and not merely 
their neighbours is Agree-Disagree Line-ups.
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