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5 Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning
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KathyGreen
Explanataion of the 5 Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning
"Just because you put students in groups doesn't mean they'll work as a team."
The first and most important element in structuring cooperative learning is positive interdependence.
Positive interdependence is successfully structured when group members perceive that they are linked with each other in a way that one cannot succeed unless everyone succeeds. Group goals and tasks, therefore, must be designed and communicated to students in ways that make them believe they sink or swim together. When positive interdependence is solidly structured, it highlights that (a) each group member's efforts are required and indispensable for group success and (b) each group member has a unique contribution to make to the joint effort because of his or her resources and/or role and task responsibilities. Doing so creates a commitment to the success of group members as well as one's own and is the heart of cooperative learning. If there is no positive interdependence, there is no cooperation.
The nine ways in which positive interdependence can be structured are as follows: 1. Goal interdependence-The group has a common goal and every member of the team is expected to achieve it. 2. Incentive interdependence-Everyone receives the same reward but only if every member of the team succeeds. 3. Resource interdependence-Resources, information, and material are limited so that students are obliged to work together and cooperate in sharing available resources. 4. Sequence interdependence-The overall task is divided into a sequence
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5 Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning
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KathyGreen
Explanataion of the 5 Basic Elements of Cooperative Learning
"Just because you put students in groups doesn't mean they'll work as a team."
The first and most important element in structuring cooperative learning is positive interdependence.
Positive interdependence is successfully structured when group members perceive that they are linked with each other in a way that one cannot succeed unless everyone succeeds. Group goals and tasks, therefore, must be designed and communicated to students in ways that make them believe they sink or swim together. When positive interdependence is solidly structured, it highlights that (a) each group member's efforts are required and indispensable for group success and (b) each group member has a unique contribution to make to the joint effort because of his or her resources and/or role and task responsibilities. Doing so creates a commitment to the success of group members as well as one's own and is the heart of cooperative learning. If there is no positive interdependence, there is no cooperation.
The nine ways in which positive interdependence can be structured are as follows: 1. Goal interdependence-The group has a common goal and every member of the team is expected to achieve it. 2. Incentive interdependence-Everyone receives the same reward but only if every member of the team succeeds. 3. Resource interdependence-Resources, information, and material are limited so that students are obliged to work together and cooperate in sharing available resources. 4. Sequence interdependence-The overall task is divided into a sequence