Cooperative Learning- Implementing Student Teams and 合作学习的学生团队和实施.pptVIP

Cooperative Learning- Implementing Student Teams and Achievement Divisions Presenter: Matthew Hillmer Date: 06/30/2005 What must a program do insure successful results? To effect change in classroom practice, a program must appeal to teachers’ imaginations, win their enthusiasm, and solve their real, practical problems- all without additionally taxing their already overtaxed energy or time (Slavin, 1981) What type of classroom do you want? Competitive? Cooperative? How is my classroom presently situated? To what extent is my classroom a cooperative learning environment? What decisions went into your cooperative learning activities? Was cooperative learning environment your decision or the school administration? Is Cooperation an Educational Fad? What is your interpretation of what cooperation means in the classroom context? Cooperation is strongly encouraged in the KCK school district particularly through Kagen cooperative learning structures. Poor implementation because no definition, demonstration, research, or techniques were provided by administration. When guidelines or inspiration is not provided, first year teachers often struggle with structure and implementation of cooperative learning. Competitive or performance-focused classrooms (Johnson Johnson, 1991) Students in independently structured classrooms work by themselves to accomplish foals unrelated to those of the other students Students engage in a win-lose struggle in an effort to determine who is the best Students perceive that they can obtain their goals only if the other students in the class fail to obtain their own goals Competitive or performance- focused classrooms: Rewards Performance focused or competitive classroom are the most common in classrooms today. Their regard structure is competitive because grading is on a comparative standard. The competitive rewards disrupt interpersonal bonds among students, because each student potentially blocks others from achievement their goals of aca