Small Group & Cooperative Learning

What is the topic of today's class?

• Teaching for Higher-Level Outcomes
• Small-Group & Cooperative Learning

When establishing a small-group learning experience, one of the most important requisite conditions is that your students UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSES OF THE ACTIVITY & WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN FROM IT.

• True
• False

The way you structure goals of small-group work can affect students' learning. The term "goal structure" refers to the...

• ...way individuals relate to each other in accomplishing a particular goal.
• ...grading system teachers use when evaluating group assignments.

In COOPERATIVE goal structure, students...

• ...are placed in competition with each other.
• ...use their unique skills to work productively together.

Which of the following involves organizing members into two circles where the people in the inner circle discuss a problem and people in the outside circle watch & provide feedback?

• Buzz Session
• Inside-Outside

______________ is a requirement of cooperative learning because a lesson isn't cooperative learning if the students are physically separated or if each student works completely independently.

• Student Teams-Achievement Divisions
• Face-to-Face Interactions

Which of the following cooperative learning strategies is most appropriate when you want to teach a topic that can be divided conveniently into several major components?

• Group Investigation
• Jigsaw