Introduction to Cooperative
Learning Strategy
Fransisca K. Tondoprasetyo
IVY School Training Department
Teaching & Learning
Traditional
Way of
Learning
Collaborative
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Traditional Learning
Individual
Students
Individual
Student
Individual
Students
Educators
(Teachers) in
Traditional
Learning
Students learn with little or no directed collaborative learning;
All students operate as individuals.
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Collaborative Learning
Educator (Teacher)
as Collaborative
“Facilitator”
Student Group
• Collaborative learning occurs among students within each
group both inside and outside class.
• Group work as a team but submit their work as individuals.
Source: http://what-when-how.com/distance-learning/collaborative-and-cooperative-learning-distance-learning/
Cooperative Learning
Educator (Teacher)
as Collaborative
“Facilitator”
Student Group
• Learning occurs cooperatively within groups both inside and
outside class.
• Students within groups may submit work as a single unit.
Source: http://what-when-how.com/distance-learning/collaborative-and-cooperative-learning-distance-learning/
What is COOPERATIVE LEARNING?
• An instructional strategy in which small groups
work together in a task.
• Developed earlier by David Johnson and Roger
Johnson, followed by Dr. Spencer Kagan
Source: www.teachervision.com/professional-development/cooperative-learning
Teachercentered
Studentcentered
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
• 28% gain in measured students achievement in
organizing students in cooperative learning groups as
cited in Classroom Instruction that Works (Marzano,
Pickering, and Pollock 2001)
• Cooperation results in higher group and individual
achievement, healthier relationship with peers, more
metacognition, greater psychological health and selfesteem (Johnson and Johnson 1989)
Source: www.teachervision.com/professional-development/cooperative-learning
Positive Interdependence
Individual &
Group
Accountability
Group processing
5 BASIC ELEMENTS
OF COOPERATIVE
LEARNING
Face-to-face
promotion
interaction
Interpersonal and
small group skills
Positive
Interdependence
Simultaneous
Interaction
PIES
Equal
Participation
Individual
Accountability
APPLYING COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN YOUR CLASS
APPLYING COOPERATIVE LEARNING IN YOUR
CLASS
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Starting to Work in Groups  put students in group
Preparation  understands objectives
Instruction  easy to understand
Assessment  paper/pencil, oral assessment, etc
Student Roles  create team roles, such as:
– Organizer  provides the group with overall process structure
– Recorder  writes down important information
– Questioner  generates questions and involves all students
– …, etc.
Source:
www.teachervision.com/professional-development/cooperative-learning
Students take turn responding orally. In
Round Robin, students take turns in their
teams. In Rally Robin, partners take turns.
1. Teacher poses a problem to which there are
multiple possible responses or solutions, and
provides think time.
2. Students take turns stating responses or
solutions.
Source: Kagan, S., & Kagan, M. (2009). Kagan Cooperative Learning. San Clemente. California.
Kagan Publishing
In pairs, students share with a partner for a predetermined
time while the partner listens. Then partners switch roles.
1. The teacher announces a topic, states how long each
student will share, and provides think time.
2. In pairs, Partner A shares; Partner B listens.
3. Partner B responds with a positive remark/gambit.
4. Partners switch roles.
Hint: The teacher provides positive response gambits to use in Step 5:
Copycat response gambits:
• “Thanks for sharing!”
• “ You are interesting to listen to!”
Complete the sentence gambits:
•“One thing I learned listening to you was …”
• “I enjoyed listening to you because …”
• “Your most interesting idea was …”
Source: Kagan, S., & Kagan, M. (2009). Kagan Cooperative Learning. San Clemente. California.
Kagan Publishing
The Essential 5 of Kagan Structure
Source: Clowes, G. The Essential 5: A Starting Point for Kagan Cooperative Learning. San Clemente, CA: Kagan Publishing. Kagan
Online Magazine, Spring 2011. www.KaganOnline.com