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Cooperative Learning<br />Student Team Achievement Divisions<br />

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How does it work?<br />Teamed by ability<br />High and low ability paired <br />Improvement is rewarded<br />Scored as a team<br />

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The Good<br />Promotes group cooperation<br />Team accountability<br />Community <br />Diversity<br />Students have an option<br />

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The Bad<br />Must have single right answer<br />Competition-based<br />

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What I like<br />Can be used across units<br />Used in any part of a lesson<br />Heterogeneous groups<br />Based on improvement<br />Promote teamwork <br />

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STAD in my classroom<br />Use in units<br />Independent practice of skills as groups<br />Students coach students<br />Mix high ability with low ability<br />