Students work in teams to learn interactively from each other in various content areas through both formal and informal cooperative learning methods. Cooperative learning provides multiple learning opportunities through long term groups that benefit students of different ability levels, but works best in small groups and should not be overused or used to group students by only one ability level.

1. Cooperative Learning

2. Students work in teams.

3. Requires interactive engagement

4. Requires leadership and interpersonal skills.

5. Requires individual and group accountability.

6. Advantages Students learn from each other.

7. Can be used in all content areas.

8. Cooperative Learning can be formal…

9. or informal.

10. Long term groups = multiple learning opportunities.

11. Grouping students of different levels benefits all.

12. Limitations Grouping by one ability level does not enhance learning.

13. Groups must be kept small.

14. Can be overused.

15. Cooperative Learning