The Group, Collaborative & Cooperative Learning Space

The Group, Collaborative & Cooperative Learning Space

1. Structured Team Learning

   • Rewards (based on the learning progress of their members)
   • Students work together and are responsible for one another learning
   • Team goals
   • Students contribute to their team by improving over their past performances
     • high, average and low achievers are equally challenged
   • Tournaments, peer-assisted learning strategies, quizzes, etc.

2. Informal Group Learning Methods

   • Jigsaw
   • Learning Together
   • Group Investigation

3. "When the group task is to DO something, rather than to LEARN something, the participation of less-able students may be seen as interference rather than help."

4. Motivationalist

   • Task motivation

5. Social Cohesion

   • Students help each other learn because they care about the group

6. Cognitive Development

   • Interactions themselves lead to better learning

7. Cognitive Elaboration

   • Learners must engage in cognitive restructuring

8. "Those who gain most from co-operative work are those who give and receive elaborated answers.