Curated OER
Communication and Social Networks
Pupils work in cooperative groups to explore communication needs of our world. They are assigned a demographic area and asked to create ways to solve communication problems with innovative ideas. They also explore areas that can help...
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Physical Education and Music Program
Teach everyone how to work together in both physical education and music activities. Parents and their children are shown a presentation that highlights the philosophy of cooperation. They apply these concepts to their physical education...
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Beat the Clock
Tired of wasting time trying to get your class to split up into groups? Engage in an activity to help your charges manage time. Learners reflect on a time they were left out or rejected, and then practice forming groups of three within...
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Literature Circles
Introduce how Literature Circles are formed in a classroom with this slide show. The slides go over each of the jobs that the students take on, such as: Discussion Director, Character Analyzer, Artful Artist, and Text Connector. After...
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Encouraging Cooperative Learning Among Gifted and Talented Students
Literature circles, and other similar methods, provide cooperative learning opportunities.
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Apples and Apple Activities
Students investigate apples. In this reading comprehension activity, students read a book about apples then compare and contrast, make graphs, distinguish between fact and fiction and work in groups. Students work in groups to search the...
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The Earth's Layers: Day 6: Landforms II
Students closely examine the earth's crust and various landforms. In this Earth's layers lesson students work in cooperative groups and analyze their roles and responsibilities therein. Each group is assigned a specific landform to...
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Solar System Bowl
Students make up questions in groups about the solar system and quiz the other group. In this solar system lesson plan, students demonstrate good cooperative learning techniques by reviewing the solar system together and quizzing each...
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The Science of Microbes (Observing Different Microbes)
Students use their observation and inquiry skills to understand microbes. For this microbiology lesson, students explore slides with a microscope. Students gain experience with preparing slides and proper use of a microscope while...
Nazareth College
Cooperation and Conflict Resolution
Fourth graders participate in a variety of activities designed to promote cooperation and positive conflict resolution. In cooperative groups, they create a comic strip or poster, play cooperative musical chairs, write a journal entry...
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Life Cycles
Using computers, Students work in small groups and progress through the roles of Explorer, Researcher, Designer, and Evaluator as they study the life cycle of plants, insects, butterflies and frogs.
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Hidalgo's Fight for the Independence of Mexico
Tenth graders study and examine the life of Miguel Hidalgo while working to identify major themes. Small groups create sequence of event chains, analyze and label maps of Hidalgo's travels, and work together to create giant chalk maps...
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Undercover Vocabulary
Fourth graders, in groups, create a skit using identified vocabulary words and perform the skit for the class. They choose a place and a person to become such as Batman, Romeo and work all the vocabulary words into their skit. They...
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Rescue 911
Studentsgain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of emergency 911 responders while working in cooperative groups.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Individual Tasks
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides effective time management strategies for cooperative groups. Students will work on time management and an aid to with group engagement. SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
University of Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin: Collaborative Learning: Introduction
This comprehensive site presents the concept of collaborative learning, which encourages active student participation in the learning process. There are five sections: Stories (from teachers describing how they implemented collaborative...
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Atozteacherstuff: Season Fairies Get Sacked
In this lesson plan, students work in groups as "Season fairies," and write poems as to why their particular season is needed and valued. Groups then present to the class.
PBS
Pbs: Black Kingdoms of the Nile
A geometry lesson plan that examines the history and structure of ancient pyramids and engages young scholars in constructing pyramid models. A comprehensive lesson plan that considers students with diverse learning styles. Math concepts...
Other
Gdrc: Collaborative Learning
This site provides a thorough introduction to collaborative learning including terms and definitions, benefits of collaborative learning, strategies, tools, methods and making collaborative learning work.
Other
Social Psychology Network: Jigsaw Classroom
The "official web site of the jigsaw classroom",- a cooperative learning technique which was developed by Elliot Aronson. The jigsaw approach is considered to promote better learning, improve student motivation, and increase enjoyment of...
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Enabling Student Collaboration for Learning
Presented in a question and answer format, this site provides some useful information about student collaboration. Some of the questions answered are "why should students collaborate" and "how do I get students to collaborate".
SEDL
Classroom Compass: Cooperative Learning
Get background about various ways to build cooperative learning into your curriculum, particularly in science and mathematics courses. Includes a bibliography and list of other resources.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: A Language Arts Grammar Jigsaw
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a cooperative grouping strategy. This site explains how to engage students using the Jigsaw method for grammar study.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: How to Assign Meaningful Tasks
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides cooperative grouping strategies. Students will be able to communicate effectively with the aid of this resource.