Cooperative
Learning with the Computer
Cooperative Learning
Cooperative or collaborative learning is learning by small
groups of students who work together in a common learning task. It is often
also called group learning but to be truly cooperative learning, 5 elements are
needed:
1. Common goal
2. Interdependence
3. Interaction
4. Individual Accountability
5. Social Skills
Cooperative Learning and the Computer
- Researchers have made studies on the learning interaction between the student and the computer. The studies have great value since it has been a long standing fear that the computer may foster student learning in isolation that hinders the development of the student's social skills.
- Now this mythical fear has been contradicted by the studies which show that when students work with computers in groups
Components of Cooperative Learning
Educations are still wary about the computer's role in
cooperative learning. Thus they pose the position that the use of computers do
not automatically result in cooperative learning. There therefore assign the
teachers several tasks in order to ensure collaborative learning. These are:
1. Assigning
students to mixed-ability teams
2. Establishing
positive interdependence
3. Teaching cooperative social skills
4. Insuring individual accountability, and
5. Helping
groups process information
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