NAME: CHERRY MAE D. TIROL YR.

& SEC: BEED 1A DATE: APRIL 09, 2021

What is Cooperative Learning?

Cooperative Learning is an instructional method in which students work in small groups to
accomplish a common learning goal under the guidance of the teacher.
Cooperative learning strategies offer students the possibility to learn by applying knowledge in
an environment more similar to the one they will encounter in their future work life.
1. Focused Listing Cooperative Learning Strategy
If you’re looking for a new brainstorming strategy then you’re going to love this one. The
focused listing strategy is designed for students to generate words to define or describe
something. For example, you would give the students a main topic, then ask them to create a list
of words or phrases that describe that topic. From there, you can put students into small groups
to discuss their lists or you can first put them into groups to generate the lists. Once the lists are
completed, you can use the list to help facilitate a small group or whole group discussion. If you
are using the focused listing as a gateway to your lesson, then you can choose one list that all
students agree upon and use that.
2. One-Minute Papers
This strategy can be used to gather feedback from your students after a lesson is taught.
First, write the following questions on the front board and have students answer them by
themselves.
 What was the most important thing you learned from the lesson?
 What is still unclear about the lesson? What questions do you still have?
 What is one thing about the topic that you want to know more about?
Next, put students together into groups to facilitate a discussion. Have students do a Round
Robin (take turns talking) and discuss each of their answers to the questions listed on the board.
Once students have all answered the questions, then have them figure out which answers they
have in common. They can then take this information and come up with the most popular answer
to each question, which they then can discuss with the class as a whole.
3. Think-Pair-Share
Think-Pair-Share can also be used to have students reflect on a topic, even when no right
interpretation is needed, and, being the simplest and most famous cooperative learning strategy,
can be the first one to be implemented.
Most of the students do not even feel challenged to think of a possible answer, not to mention
speaking up. This happens for many reasons, probably not only due to a lack of knowledge or
preparation, but also due to a lack of self-confidence. Depending on the age and on the level of
the students, it could be something that requires personal interpretation at some point or not.
Students get some solo time to think about a possible answer- or to write it down- then they turn
to their classmate sitting next to them and get some pair-time to share and discuss what they have
just found out.
At the end of this activity, the teacher randomly chooses two or three pairs and asks them to
briefly share their answers or responses.
4. Forced Debate
This strategy requires students to use their communication skills to work within a group.
Here’s how it works: the teacher writes a proposition on the front board, such as “Should there
be a vending machine in the school cafeteria?” Then the students who agree move to one side of
the classroom and the students who disagree move to other side. Once students are on one side of
the classroom that is now their group. The teacher then forces them to debate the opposing side
that they have chosen. This strategy really utilizes students’ critical thinking skills and forces
them to really think about the question as a whole in order to argue for the opposing side rather
than what they really feel about the question.
5. Cooperative Graffiti
Another great brainstorming technique to try is cooperative graffiti. This strategy requires
students to think about a topic and write down as many ideas as possible using different-colored
pens. To start, divide students into small groups and give each group a large, butcher block piece
of paper and a variety of colorful pens. Write down a broad topic on the front board, and on your
command “Go!”, instruct students to write down as many ideas as they can that correlate with
the topic you wrote on the board. Once the time is up (about 5-10 minutes), then have students
try and organize their colorful ideas into categories.