User:Mr. Tevin Cameron

Without the cooperation of its members society cannot survive, and the society of man has survived because the cooperativeness of its members made survival possible…. It was not an advantageous individual here and there who did so, but the group. In human societies the individuals who are most likely to survive are those who are best enabled to do so by their group. (Ashley Montagu, 1965)

According to Larson and Keiper (2007) “Cooperative learning is an instructional tool or strategy that involves placing students into group and help them work together to complete a given task.” Cooperative learning involves more than students working together on a lab or field project. It requires teachers to structure cooperative interdependence among the students.According to Johnson and Johnson (2004), students’ learning goals may be structured to promote cooperative, competitive, or individualistic efforts. In every classroom, instructional activities are aimed at accomplishing goals and are conducted under a goal structure. A learning goal is a desired future state of demonstrating competence or mastery in the subject area being studied. The goal structure specifies the ways in which students will interact with each other and the teacher during the instructional session.

A co-operative learning strategy such as jigsaw allows students to work in different groups and then share the information with other members in the class. This in return is creating an atmosphere that lends itself to allow students to work together. Another strategy is the numbered head together co-operative learning strategy, this holds each students accountability for learning material by having students work together in a group. This strategy is essential as it teaches each student responsibility to their work. The think and pair share is another cooperative learning strategy technique; this is where the students learn to think through questions using three distinct steps, encouraging individual participation.

Why use cooperative learning strategies you make ask? Well Slavin (1989) states that “student achievement is highest when cooperative learning activities require group members to work together to earn recognition, grades, rewards and other indicators of group success.” (p.52) In other words when cooperative learning is used in the class it allows each student to work with each other and in return earn high levels of achievement.Empirical data have proven that with cooperative learning student achievement is high and positive due to the fact that it is the process by which there is interaction and in return promotes learning. Significantly cooperative learning environments provides an opportunity for learning to take place quickly and more efficiently in comparison to learning alone.

Cooperative learning has been proven helpful at all grades and level of academic settings. Cooperative learning motivates students as group goals and individual accountability decrease the competition. According to Johnson et al (1994), cooperative learning has at its core whereby students must “pull their own weight” and work together to accomplish a task. The task that will be done will be designed in such a way that it will not enable one person to do the work. Arguably, many students find it difficult to work in groups with others and this is where the challenge is as the grade that the teacher will issue or give the group will not promote individual achievement the way in which the group goal and individual accountability will.

Regular inclusion of cooperate learning will allow students to spend more time on task. This will motivate them to complete assignment and more capable of transferring their learning to other contexts. (Kohn, 1993) However, cooperative learning strategies can be used as a tool of helping the students become high achiever, which is if you place a set of students who have lower abilities, their academic performances decreases. However if you put them in a mix group they will in return be motivated to learn as they will be pushed by other members to perform based on the group’s goal.

Cooperative learning strategies not only help students academically but also social. “Cooperative learning has a positive impact on the social interactions among students because students learn how to interact with one another.” (Slavin, 1989, p.53) When this strategy is use in the classroom student, learn to appreciate their classmate’s cultural background, attitudes and personality. Co-operative learning strategies also create an environment for active, involved and expository learning. It also enhances the child self-esteem as it motivates students to participate in the class activity.

With the inclusion of the strategies of cooperate learning these include strategies such as Jigsaw, think pair, share, will help students to develop cognitively. Cooperate learning can and should be usedin every subject area, in examine how to in cooperate this type of learning I will be analysing how I will use it in the teaching the discipline of History at the secondary level and to show that a lot can be accomplished.

History has been labelled as not being interesting as other subject, for other as the word History is spoken they think of boring. This perspective about History could change in the minds of student if regular inclusion of co-operate learning is included in the lesson. History covers almost everything that has happen in the past, and the content can be heavy and tiresome, in allowing the students to become more interested in the discipline as the teacher, I can the teacher can divide my class into groups. In using co-operate learning strategies like think, pair and share will help the student to give their own thought on a particular topic. Students in a high school history class will learn more about the causes of World war 1 through the use of cooperative learning strategies than a traditional class as measured by a pre-test.Co-operative Cooperative learning strategies are effective in improving content learning, student achievement, and student interaction. When done correctly, cooperative learning strategies can both improve students’ knowledge and appreciation for history.



Lesson 1

<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Grade <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">: 9E1

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Average Age <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">: 14-15

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%">'''<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">No. of the students '''<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">: 18

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Time <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">: 1hr

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Unit theme <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">: The People who came

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Lesson Topic <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">: The Europeans

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Goals 

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">·          <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">To give students knowledge and understanding of the common experiences of the peoples of the West Indies

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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">·          <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">To help students to understand the circumstances that helped to shape the Caribbean.

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Objective <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">: At the end of the lesson, pupil will be able to:

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">1. <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">Give the time frame to when they came?

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">2. <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">Explain why they came?

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-indent:-0.25in;"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">3. <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">Outline contributions to the Caribbean Society

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Introduction: 

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The Teacher will ask:

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l0level1lfo4"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman"">1. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The students to place themselves into three group

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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;line-height: 150%;mso-list:l3level1lfo2"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman"">1. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Using the jigsaw co-operative learning strategy, group one will be established. They will be asked to list countries in Europe countires that came here on exploration, the group will then be rearranged in new group to do a discussion.

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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo2"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">2. <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Using the think, pair, share co-operative strategy, group two will be established. They will be asked to <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">explain at least four (4) reasons why the Europeans came to the Caribbean. They will be given 10 minutes to answer. <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif""> The students will have 10 minutes get the responses together. The students will be given the opportunity to share their ideas.

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l3level1lfo2"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">3. <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Using the Number heads co-operative strategy, group three will be established. Selected members will be given the task to <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language:EN-CARRIBEAN">identify and explain contributions of early European explorers to the Caribbean under the headings they will be assessing family life, food, music and economic. <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">The teacher will ask questions, they will work together on the questions in order for all of them to answer the questions. The teacher will called out each number and the group member is asked to give their answers. A member of the group will draw and outline a pyramid to represent the social structure on the white board.

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