Cooperative LearningThis new book presents today s most successful cooperative learning methods. The Kagans make it easier than ever to boost engagement and achievement. You ll still find all the practical and proven Kagan Structures, including Numbered Heads Together, RoundTable, and Three-Step Interview direct from the man who invented cooperative learning structures. And there s still plenty of ready-to-do teambuilding and classbuilding activities to make your class click. But in this expanded edition, you will find new step-by-step structures, hundreds of helpful management tips, many more teacher-friendly activities and forms, and up-to-date research on proven methods. You hear how schools have used Kagan Cooperative Learning to boost academics, close the achievement gap, improve student relations, and create a more kind and caring school community. After decades of training and working with hundreds of thousands of teachers, the Kagans have refined and perfected the most widely used and respected form of cooperative learning ever. The Kagans make it easy for you to dramatically increase engagement and achievement in your class! |
Contents
StructureataGlance Form | 5-4 |
Teambuilding Formations | 5-8 |
Cooperative Learning Methods | 5-12 |
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activities answer approach assigned behavior Chapter Circle class goal Classbuilding classroom Co-op Cards Co-op Co-op coach color consensus Cooperative Learning Publisher create curriculum dents developed example expert groups fable favorite Flashcard Game four gambits give grade guess heterogeneous teams his/her ideas improvement points Improvement Scoring individual instruction interaction Interview Jigsaw Jigsaw classroom language learning centers lesson design low achiever material math ment minitopic Numbered Heads Pairs Check paper Paraphrase participation partner person play positive practice praise praiser problem question quiz reading recognition Reflection Resources for Teachers rewards Robert Slavin rotate Roundrobin Roundtable San Juan Capistrano share sheet Skill-of-the-Week Skills Structures social skills Spencer Kagan Squares STAD Step struc task Taskmaster teach Team Discussion teambuilding teammates Teammember thinking skills tion tive tures tutor value line Venn Diagram Wee Co-op week worksheet write