Applying Cooperative Learning Activities

Applying Cooperative Learning Activities

in Teaching And Learning sessions

in

SMK ST. TERESA KUCHING.

Why CL ?

- promotes learning and academic achievement

- increases students retention

- enhance students satisfaction

- develops students communication skills

- develops social skills

- develops self-esteem

- develops and promotes positive race relation

Norms and protocols or basic standards

v practice active listening

v help and encourage each other

v share

v everyone participates ( contribute )

v solve problems

v explain your ideas and tell why

v give and accept feedback from peers

v complete the task( stay on task )

1. Numbered heads together – students arranged in teams/groups

v Number-off students in their teams/groups from 1 to 4

v Announce a question – time limit

v Students put heads together to come with an answer

v Call a number and ask all students with the number to stand

and answer the question

v Recognize the responses given – discuss

2. Jigsaw Puzzle I

v Assign each student in a team ¼ of the topic to investigate

v The student teaches the others or help to put together a team

product

Jigsaw Puzzle II

v Students in original groups/teams read the entire selection focussing on the assigned part of the lesson or topic

v Students meet with their expert group which has members of different teams who have studied the same selection – to discuss questions provided by the teacher

v Students return to their original group/team and take turns teaching teammates about the section they have studied

v Teacher then asseses the mastery of the overall topic

3. Tea Party

v Students form 2 concentric circles/lines facing each other

v Ask a question( on any content )

v Students discuss the answer with the students facing them

v After one minute, the outside circle or line moves to the right so that the students have new partners

v Pose a second question for them to discuss

v Continue with 5 more questions for them to discuss

v Students can write questions on cards to review for a test through this ' Tea Party ' method

4. Think-Pair-Share

v A 3- step cooperative structure

v 1^st step- individuals think silently about a question posed by the teacher

v 2^nd step – individuals pair up and exchange thoughts / understanding / knowledge

v 3^rd step – the pairs share their responses with other pairs, other teams, or the entire group

All activities, 1 – 4 above can be applied to teaching and learning either inside or outside classrooms, irrespective of subjects( humanities,languages,technical & vocational or science/maths subjects) .

SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES IN SMK ST. TERESA KUCHING, JALAN TUN ABANG HAJI OPENG, 93000, KUCHING, SARAWAK AIMED AT IMPROVING OUR TEAM DELIVERABLES.