When does
cooperative learning increase student achievement?
(6) Won't
cooperative learning increase boredom in gifted students and hold them back?
Not exact matches
Several rigorous evaluations have shown that when implemented effectively, Second Step can
increase cooperative behavior and reduce aggression in the classroom (Cooke, Ford, Levin, Bourke, Newell & Lapidus, 2007; Grossman, Neckerman, Koepsell, Liu, Asher, Beland, Frey & Rivara, 1997; Frey, Nolen, Van Schioack, Edstrom & Hirschstein, 2005; cited in Edutopia's Social and Emotional
Learning Research Review).
When students are actively engaged in setting social norms, research shows that
cooperative behavior and
learning increases.
From participation in
cooperative learning activities, students with emotional disorders can (1)
learn from positive role models how to control emotions and behave appropriately in group settings; (2) develop sensitivity to the needs of others and understand people «as individuals rather than as stereotypical members of a particular group»; 14 (3)
increase their ability for self - direction; (4)
increase their interest in
learning; and (5) gain an
increase in self - esteem.15 Likewise, students who are not disabled are given the opportunity to become more understanding and accepting of students who are emotionally behaviorally disordered.
The second is to educate individuals in the nature of cooperation and constructive conflict resolution through the use of
cooperative learning (formal
cooperative learning, informal
cooperative learning, and
cooperative base groups),
cooperative schools (
cooperative teaching teams, school - based decision - making,
cooperative faculty meeting), constructive controversy (academic controversy to
increase quality of
learning and decision controversy to
increase quality of decision making), and peacemaking (problem - solving negotiations, peer mediation, violence prevention).
When students work in a
cooperative learning situation that involves reading, possibilities exist for
increases in self - esteem and the responsibility they take for their own work.