Cooperative Learning Strategy MOOC - Module 1

Select characteristics related to cooperative learning?

• Experiences that develop good learning and social skills.

• Students will be upset with having too much work.

• Building positive relationships with students.

• Provide individual attention and assistance to one another.

How can you describe: Cooperative Learning ?

• A method of teaching a content to the best of each learners abilities.

• A supportive technique focused on inquiry-based learning.

• An education approach or philosophy that organizes classroom activities into an academic and social learning settings

True or False: Is Jigsaw a technique of Cooperative Learning?

• True

• False

Cooperative Learning is:

• Teacher centered Approach

• Student-centered Approach

• No Place to the Teacher

• Students learn as they desire in their self made groups

What is cooperative learning?

• A technique of inquiry-based learning

• An educational approach which aims to organize classroom activities into academic and social learning experiences

• A means of instructing whereby the teachers actively involve the students in their learning process

• A method of teaching in which content, instructional technology and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interest of each learner

Why cooperative learning is important in 21st Century ?

• Students get a break from boring teacher dominated teaching learning process

• Most careers require people to work with others in groups

• Encourage student centered learning

• All of the above

The followings are the advantages of cooperative learning, except :

• Provide experiences that develop both good learning skills and social skills

• Build positive relationships among students

• Some students may not do their fair share of work

• Provide individual attention and assistance to one another

Which is not an element of cooperative learning?

• Group process

• Interpersonal skill

• Reinforcement

• Interaction

Students will naturally work efficiently in cooperative learning groups because they enjoy the socialization that this format offers.

• True

• False

When students are engaged in cooperative learning groups, the teacher is primarily focused on monitoring students, facilitating their interactions, and giving feedback.

• True

• False