​Building a Collaborative Classroom

Module Summary

This session engages learners in a cooperative-learning experience and demystifies the approach by breaking it down into its four elements and closely examining each. At the end of the session, you will outline a cooperative-learning experience to use in your classroom.

Curriculum-Framing Questions

Essential Question

• ​​What makes a community?

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Unit Question

• How can students work effectively in groups?

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Content Questions

• ​​What is cooperative learning?
• How does cooperative learning differ from group work?
• What are the elements of an effective cooperative activity?
• How might cooperative activities be structured to ensure success?
• What are strategies for team-building in a cooperative activity?
• What are strategies for managing cooperative groups?