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COOPERATIVE LEARNING FOR THE STUDENT-CENTERED
CLASSROOM AN INTRODUCTION TO
COOPERATIVE LEARNING FOR EVERY CLASSROOM
AFRICA TESOL
KHARTOUM , SUDAN
FEBRUARY 26-27, 2016
PRESENTED BY DENISE SILFEE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE FELLOW FUNDED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE
& KHALID GINAWIE
AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN IN OMDURMAN
2015-2016
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GOALS OF THIS WORKSHOP:
- A basic understanding of cooperative learning
- Reasons to implement cooperative learning in your classrooms
- Examples of what cooperative learning looks like in the classroom
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WHAT IS COOPERATIVE LEARNING?
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“Cooperative learning is a successful teaching strategy in which small teams, each with students of different
levels of ability, use a variety of learning activities to
improve their understanding of a subject.
Each member of a team is
responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates
learn … creating an atmosphere of achievement.”
Balkom 1992
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ONE METHOD FOR CREATING A STUDENT-CENTERED CLASSROOM
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TEACHER-CENTERED INSTRUCTION OFTEN ISOLATES THE 4 SKILLS:
Listening
Writing Speaking
Reading
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STUDENT-CENTERED & COOPERATIVE APPROACHES COMBINE THEM
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WHY COOPERATIVE LEARNING? 21st Century Skills for the Information Age: • Critical Thinking–solve problems, think deeply • Communication–clearly convey thoughts & feelings
to others • Collaboration—work in groups or pairs to
accomplish tasks and help each other learn • Creativity—opportunities to produce new, novel,
interesting objects, expressions or solutions Photo cred: www.dailygenius.com
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THE RESEARCH SHOWS… • Increases academic performance (Slavin, 1987)
• Motivates towards learning (Garibaldi, 1979)
• Increases time on task (Cohen & Benton, 1988)
• Improves self esteem (Johnson & Johnson, 1989)
• Increases positive social behaviors (Lloyd, et. al., 1988)
• Improves language acquisition through comprehensible input in appropriate ways to support learning (Kagan, 1995)
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Type of instruction delivery
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EXAMPLES OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING
Many cooperative learning strategies require NO resources other than the text. Some strategies may require MINIMAL resources or materials, such as: • Paper • Pens/pencils • Printer or copier machine
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LET’S DO SOME COLLABORATIVE LEARNING! You will read (skim/scan) a case-study or a description of a cooperative learning technique. With your group, discuss the main ideas.
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FIRST: 12 MINUTES! You have 12 minutes to skim/scan your reading and discuss main points with a large group: everyone who has your same handout. Consider:
• How does this technique demonstrate cooperative learning?
• What does this classroom LOOK like?
• What are the benefits to the students?
• What is the teacher’s role?
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SECOND: 2 MINUTES EACH! Report Out: Each large group: Choose one volunteer to report to the rest of the group about your cooperative technique.
You will not be able to talk about the whole text:
What are most important ideas?
• How does this technique demonstrate cooperative learning?
• What does this classroom LOOK? • What are the benefits to the students?
• What is the teacher’s role?
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FINAL THOUGHTS? In your groups, debrief: • Which idea do you like best? • Have you used any of these ideas or similar ones before?
• What are your concerns?
• Where can you learn more?
• Final questions? (Please choose one question for your whole group, and we will try to address as many of them as possible!)
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THERE IS STILL MORE TO LEARN! Thank you for coming!
Please take a copy of the provided resources about cooperative learning.
The internet is your friend! Google: “cooperative learning how-to”
“cooperative learning techniques”
You can contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].
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SOURCES Balkcom, S. (1992). Cooperative learning. Education Research Consumer Guide, US Department of Education. <www2.ed.gov> Cohen, E.G. (1998). Making cooperative learning equitable. (Realizing a positive school climate.) Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Cohen, E.G. & Benton, J. (1988). Making groupwork work. American Educator,12, 10-17, 45-46. Felder, R.M. & Brent, R. (2009). Active learning: An introduction. ASQ Higher Education Brief. 2(4). Felder, R.M. & Brent, R. Cooperative learning. Education Designs, Inc. North Carolina State University. Garibaldi, A. (1979). Affective contributions of cooperative and group goal structures. Journal of Educational Psychology, 71, 788-794. Johnson, D.W. & Johnson, R.T. (1989). Cooperative learning: What special educators need to know. The Pointer, 33, 5-10.
Kagan, S. (1995). We can talk: Cooperative learning in the elementary ESL classroom. ERIC Digest Reproduction No. ED 382 035.
Lloyd, J.W., Crowley, E.P., Kohler, F.W., & Strain, P.S.(1988). Redefining the applied research agenda: Cooperative learning, pre-referral, teacher consultation, and peer-mediated interventions. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 21, 43-52. Larson-Freeman, D. & Anderson, M. (2015). Techniques & Principles in Language Teaching. Oxford University Press.
Lightbrow, P.M. & Spada, N. (2011). How Languages are Learned. Oxford University Press. Slavin, R.E. (1987). Cooperative learning and the cooperative school. Educational Leadership, 45, 7-13. Yahya, N. & Hule, K. (2002). “Reaching English language learners through cooperative learning.” The Internet TESOL Journal. VIII(3). <http://iteslj.org/ >