• become aware of cooperative learning strategies that have been successful in eMINTS classrooms

• understand why cooperative learning is instrumental in teaching students to work on group technology projects that require higher-order thinking skills

• explore the idea of cooperative-learning structures and learn several successful structures

• identify several cooperative-learning structures to include in eMINTS classrooms and plan ways to use these structures.

• How can students work effectively in groups?

eMINTS Links: http://resources.emints.org/links/cooperativelearning/

• Community Building and Tootsie Pops:  What successes have you had with cooperative learning either as a teacher or a student?  What problems have you encountered when using cooperative learning structures?

• Each One Teach One:
  Cooperative-learning elements and their purposes:

  • Positive Interdependence

  • Individual Accountability

  • Social Interaction Skills

  • Face-to-Face Interaction

  • Processing Group Social Skill Interaction

  • Heterogeneous Grouping

  • Simultaneous Interaction

  • Equal Participation
     

• Think-Pair Share: Identifying activities that promote positive interdependence

• Dinner Break

• Stay and Stray:  Researching collaborative skills http://resources.emints.org/links/cooperativelearning/

• Talking Chips:  Assessment with Cooperative Learning

• Constructive Controversy: Is cooperative learning the best approach to education?

• Implementing Cooperative Learning: Developing a lesson plan that incorporates cooperative learning

• Closing:  Share a brief summary of your lesson plan