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**Cooperative learning ​** ​


Cooperative learning is one of the top researched of all learning strategies. The outcome show that students who have opportunities to work collaboratively, learn faster and more efficiently, have greater retention, and feel more positive about the learning experience. Unnecessary to say, this is not to say that students can just be put into a group and assigned a project to complete. There is very exact technique to assure the accomplishment of group work, and it is vital that both teachers and students are responsive. on how to incorporate into daily lessons. || a group || Experiment with joint story-writing--one starts then pass it on || Discuss "Saying No to Drugs" & create Say NO" strategies || Assume the perspective of another culture & discuss a current news item || Teach & play a series of non-competitive games || Learn a new dance & teach it to others || others" research project & calculate results as percentages || Analyze the message or moral of a story with a group--reach a consensus || Assign group research projects--groups design and implement their research plans || Find the relation of geography/climate to customs/values || Assign teams to prepare and serve meals from foreign countries || Create a team cooperative sculpture from clay ||
 * **Lesson starters** to jump start creative thinking
 * **Lesson starters** to jump start creative thinking
 * ** HISTORY ** || ** MATHEMATICS ** || ** LANGUAGE ARTS ** || ** SCIENCE & HEALTH ** || ** GLOBAL STUDIES & GEOGRAPHY ** || ** PRACTICAL ARTS & P.E. ** || ** FINE ARTS ** ||
 * Do an historical period "jigsaw" (each one learns part & teaches others) || Solve complex story problems in
 * Role-play a conversation with an historical figure || Conduct an "interviewing
 * Imagine "passing over" into other times/lives--describe their feelings, thoughts, beliefs, values || "Each one teach one" new math processes/ operations || Use a "human graph" to see where a group stands on an issue || Use lab teams for science experiments & exercises || Create scenarios of "culture shock" & analyze for its causes || Use peer coaching teams for projects in industrial technology || Sketch your partner with different expressions ||
 * Make a case for different perspectives on the Revolutionary War || Describe //everything// you do to solve a problem to a partner || Read poetry from different perspectives & in different moods || Discuss controversial health topics & write team positions papers || Brainstorm & prioritize ways to overcome "ugly Americanism" || Have students work in pairs to learn & improve sports skills || Practice "Stop the Action & Improvise" while dramatizing a play ||
 * Discuss the impact of key historical decisions on today's world || Have teams construct problems linking many math operations, then solve them || Conduct language drill exercises with a partner (make it into a game) || Describe the "before & after" of key scientific paradigm shifts || Learn to read different kinds of maps, then teach another how to understand them || Create cooperative computing teams to learn computer skills || Learn to sing rounds & counter-melody songs ||

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