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Cooperative Learning in the Classroom Jill A. Aguilar Based on Aguilar & Magruder, 2014

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Page 1: Cooperative Learning in the Classroom

Cooperative Learning in the ClassroomJill A. Aguilar

Based on Aguilar & Magruder, 2014

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Cooperative Assignments

• What are benefits and pitfalls of incorporating cooperative learning into my classroom?

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Classroom Challenges

• In a class of multiple levels of competence, where should I aim my instruction?

• How do I challenge each student to the edge of her competence?

• How can I support my students to assist each other’s learning?

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According to Alexander Astin, classroom success is predicted by…

1. The number and quality of interactions between the students and the instructor, And…

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2. The number and quality of interactions between students.

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All Learning Is Social

Vygotsky defined learning as “becoming a

member of a culture”…

And teaching as “assisting performance.”

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All Learning Is SocialVygotsky’s General Genetic Law of Cultural Development

• All learning occurs first on the intermental

plane, and then on the intramental plane.

INTERMENTAL

Intramental

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All Learning Is Social

SOCIAL

Personal

General Genetic Law of Cultural Development

• All learning occurs first on the social

plane, and then on the personal plane.

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Schoenbach, R., Greenleaf, C.L., Cziko, C. & Hurwitz, L. (2000). Reading for understanding: A guide to improving reading in middle and high school classrooms. New York: Jossey-Bass.

In becoming an educated person one engages through multiple dimensions in building a new identity...

Cognitive

Social

Personal

KnowledgeBuilding

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Personal

KnowledgeBuilding

Social

- What role do I play here?- How do I interact, speak, work, plan with others?- What are expected norms of behavior?- Who holds power here, and why?- What can I learn from others?

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Personal- Who am I in this work?- How will I be valued?- What do I have to offer?- What meaning is added to my life, and how?- What am I good at? - How can I improve?

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Cognitive

- What are the important ideas here?- How are they analyzed and synthesized?- How are problems set and solved?- What tools are used and how?

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Knowledge Building- How is this knowledge organized?- How are areas of knowledge related to each other?- What are the key structures and how can they be employed?- What knowledge is valued and why?

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Gradual Release of

Responsibility