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A 5 page paper that describes and explains what cooperative learning is. Discussion includes components, benefits, grouping and techniques. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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many different categories, including age group, race, ethnicity, language, special needs and so on. Cooperative learning is not just a matter of placing students in small groups. Initial explanations
of this approach state that five conditions must be met for the approach to be called cooperative learning. These are: positive interdependence which means that everyone must do their part
for everyone else to succeed; individual and group accountability, which means each group member as well as the group as a whole is responsible and accountable for the outcomes; face-to-face
interaction, which promotes direct and clear communication; interpersonal and small group skills, which has to do with group members have knowledge and skills in this arena; and group processing, which
refers to group members discussing and assessing their own behaviors in order to improve (Shimazoe and Aldrich, 2010; Krol et al,, 2008; Felder and Brent, 2007; Kennesaw State University, 2006;
McCabe and Rhoades, 1990). Felder and Brent (2007) report there are a number of reasons why cooperative learning works so well. Using this model, students are actively engaged in learning,
they are doing something rather than sitting by themselves listening or even completing an individual assignment. Studies have found that the stronger students explain the material to students who are
less strong and while they are doing so, their discussions may help them gain greater understanding themselves. This approach teachers children and youth to work cooperatively together on a team,
something they will need to know when they enter the work world (Krol et al., 2008). Students are not always eager to change from their individual work to group
work. Brighter students will sometimes complain that they will fall behind (their parents may say the same thing) but this has not been found to be true (Felder and Brent,
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