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The Cooperative
learning centre
Upcoming Event
SAT AUG 29 02:30 PM
PRESENTATION By ROBERT SLAVIN
"The Nuts and Bolts of CL"
CL RESEARCH REVIEW
Abstract:
This study compares achievement scores of sixth-grade social studies students who participated in classes using Spencer Kagan's Structures of Cooperative Learning with students who did not. Heterogeneous grouping of students is essential to the use of cooperative learning structures and the groupings involved consisted of students with varying abilities, from mentally impaired to gifted. The measures were curriculum-based assessments and the mean scores of each class were compared.
Cooperative Learning Techniques
Cooperative learning techniques can be loosely categorized by the skill that each enhances (Barkley, Cross and Major, 2005), although it is important to recognize that many cooperative learning exercises can be developed to fit within multiple categories. Categories include:discussion, reciprocal teaching, graphic organizers, writing and problem solving.
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Research on CL: Consesus and Controversy
(Salvin, R. (1989)
IResearchers agree that CL can produce continued effectts on achievement but disagree on the conditions under which the approach is effective.
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