To help understand the benefit of cooperative and interactive learning, I watched a video on eClass that model poor cooperation and positive cooperation. In part 1 of the video, the president of the mock company demanded that the name of the product be "stars so bright bracelets". She would not take any feedback from the other people in the mock company who wanted to name them "friendly bracelets". The other members of the mock company also shot down the president's idea of naming them "stars so bright bracelets", call it a "stupid" idea. The president told the other members that it is what the president says goes. In this part, several people voiced their opinions, but they were very disrespectful when addressing their colleagues, which is not appropriate when collaborating with others.
In part 2 of the video, the other members of the mock company gave their opinions on what color they thought the logo should be. One said rainbow, one said purple, and one said green. The president of design told the fellow members that it was her decision to make because it was her job. The other members were not happy with this and said that they should all work together. Everyone began to argue and steal roles from one another. Then, some even decided to quit and go to another company. This part of the video should act as a cautionary tale as to what can happen if people in a cooperative situation are unwilling to hear others ideas. As a person could see from the video, nothing productive was accomplished and no one was satisfied by what happened.
In part 3 of the video, the mock president told the other members of the group that everyone would have a say in what they were going to decide. The other members agreed that this would be a good idea. They all started to come up with ideas that they could collectively add ideas to their logo. In part three, the video was most similar to what cooperative learning should really look like. Everyone in that part was respectful of others ideas and welcomed the contribution of others. Each person also did their part to participate in the decision-making process to ensure that everyone's voice was heard. Once everyone began to listen to one another and compromise with what would be their final product, the people of the company were able to come up with a strong idea for their logo and were productive. What this video is meant to teach us is that you have to be willing to compromise, be respectful, and work with other people to be successful.
Reseach has shown that students who participate in cooperative learning are more likely to make friends. It has also been seen that 61% of cooperative learning classes score higher on tests than classes that do not use cooperative learning (Slavin, 1991).
When planning for a cooperative learning lesson, having a diverse group of students helps students to remember the content better (Wenzel, 2000). This allows the students achieve more in cooperative environments and have a more positive outlook on school. Students can also develop stronger interpersonal skills when working in a cooperative setting.The five characteristics of working in a group are positive interdependence (division of labor), individual accountability (each student contributes), face-to-face interaction (explaining, discussing ideas), interpersonal social skills (leadership, decision making), and group processing (how well did the group work together). When all of these characterisics come together, the students are more likely to succeed.
In part 2 of the video, the other members of the mock company gave their opinions on what color they thought the logo should be. One said rainbow, one said purple, and one said green. The president of design told the fellow members that it was her decision to make because it was her job. The other members were not happy with this and said that they should all work together. Everyone began to argue and steal roles from one another. Then, some even decided to quit and go to another company. This part of the video should act as a cautionary tale as to what can happen if people in a cooperative situation are unwilling to hear others ideas. As a person could see from the video, nothing productive was accomplished and no one was satisfied by what happened.
In part 3 of the video, the mock president told the other members of the group that everyone would have a say in what they were going to decide. The other members agreed that this would be a good idea. They all started to come up with ideas that they could collectively add ideas to their logo. In part three, the video was most similar to what cooperative learning should really look like. Everyone in that part was respectful of others ideas and welcomed the contribution of others. Each person also did their part to participate in the decision-making process to ensure that everyone's voice was heard. Once everyone began to listen to one another and compromise with what would be their final product, the people of the company were able to come up with a strong idea for their logo and were productive. What this video is meant to teach us is that you have to be willing to compromise, be respectful, and work with other people to be successful.
Reseach has shown that students who participate in cooperative learning are more likely to make friends. It has also been seen that 61% of cooperative learning classes score higher on tests than classes that do not use cooperative learning (Slavin, 1991).
When planning for a cooperative learning lesson, having a diverse group of students helps students to remember the content better (Wenzel, 2000). This allows the students achieve more in cooperative environments and have a more positive outlook on school. Students can also develop stronger interpersonal skills when working in a cooperative setting.The five characteristics of working in a group are positive interdependence (division of labor), individual accountability (each student contributes), face-to-face interaction (explaining, discussing ideas), interpersonal social skills (leadership, decision making), and group processing (how well did the group work together). When all of these characterisics come together, the students are more likely to succeed.
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