R546: Instructional Strategies for Thinking, Collaboration, and Motivation
Cooperative Thought
Thought Questions to Ponder
- Coop interaction is essential for CL.
- Group rewards are essential for coop lrng to work.
- In CL, a test is the best way to hold students accountable for the work.
- We will learn more from lectures, but remember more from CL.
- Grp activities & CL are all fun/games.
- CL is an alternative to ability grpg.
- Interdependence and common goals are optional for CL.
- Most people will understand what I mean when I say I am using CL.
- Heterogeneous grpg is better than homogeneous grpg.
- The reason I would choose CL is because I am concerned with:
- a. social/caring outcomes.
- b. skills/knowledge/achieve outcomes.