1. COOPERATIVE
LEARNING WITH THE
COMPUTER
Lesson 13

2. Defining Cooperative Learning
Cooperative or Collaborative learning is
learning by small groups of students
who work together in a common
learning task.

3. Elements
 Common goal
 Interdependence
 Interaction
 Individual accountability
 Social skill

4. Advantages of Cooperative Learning
Encourages active
learning, while motivating
students

5. Increases academic
performance

6. Promotes literacy and
language skills

7. Improves teacher
effectiveness

8. Cooperative learning and the
Computer
 Researchers have made studies on the
learning interaction between the student and
the computer. The studies have great value
since it has been a long standing fear that
computer may foster student learning in
isolation that hinders the development of the
student’s social skill.

9. Components of cooperative
learning
 Assigning students to mixed-ability
teams
 Establishing positive
interdependence
 Teaching cooperative social skill
 Insuring individual accountability
 Helping groups process information

10. Prepared by:
Jemar Mata
Grace Delos Santos
(BSEd 3-MAPEH)