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Reciprocal Teaching and Cooperative Learning

By Tina Mathewson

Strategy 13: "Worksheets Don' t Grow Dendrites"

• Students leam 95% of what they teach to others (Tate, 2010).

• Students benefit f rom discussing content w i t h one another or fromteaching one another what they are learning (Tate, 2010).

• Cooperative learning offers the opportunity to develop social,academic, and cognitive skills effectively and efficiently (Estes,

M i n t z , & Gunter, 2011).

What is Reciprocal Teaching? (Fryyn Reaclhjrdck.is.or^ - '^joaci n ^tf^

Reciprocal teaching refers to an instructional activity in which studentsbecome the teacher in small group reading sessions. Teachers model,then help students leam to guide group discussions using four strategies:summarizing, question generating, c la r i fy ing , and predicting. Oncestudents have learned the strategies, they take turns assuming the role o fteacher in leading a dialogue about what has been read (www.reading

rockets.org).

What is Cooperative Learning?

Cooperative learning is a successfiil teaching strategy in which smallteams, each w i t h students of different levels of ab i l i ty, use a variety oflearning activities to improve their understanding of a subject. Eachmember of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught butalso for helping teammates leam, thus creating an atmosphere ofachievement. Students work through the assignment u n t i l all groupmembers successfrilly understand and complete it(http://edtech.kennesaw.edu).

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Cooperative learning models have been used at all educational levels,

including professional development in business, education, law, and

medicine (Estes, M i n t z , & Gunter, 2011).

Common examples of Cooperative Learning

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References

http://edtech.Kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm

Estes, T., M i n t z , S., & Gunter, M . (2011). Instruction: A Models

Approach (6* ed.). Boston, M A : Pearson.

Tate, M . (2010). Worksheets Don't Grow Dendrites. Thousand Oaks,

C A : Corwin.

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