Why not create a cooperative learning environment from the first days of school. While i pushed cooperative learning and being interactive. This fun and engaging set of classbuilder cards is a fabulous way to eith. Instead of didactic teaching, in which a teacher stands at the front and tells information to whole class, kagan thought that there were. Timertools is the swiss army knife for teachers and presenters. Return to your home base group to explain the criteria and present your teaching strategies. Best practices using kagan cooperative learning structures.
Kagan catalog cooperative learning kagan publishing. Students work together in a variety of kagan structures. Question cards are held in a fan, and students take turns picking to answer p. Gavin clowes heads up kagan uk, an organisation dedicated to bringing kagan structures and methods to. This 4page smartcard addresses common questions about differentiated instruction, outlines the many ways in which students differ, and provides practical tips for. Cooperative learning strategies focus on kagan cooperative learning strategies. And theres still plenty of readytodo teambuilding and classbuilding activities to make your class click. Dr spencer kagan is a renowned educator who changed the way the world viewed teaching. Research has shown that not everyone learns in the same way. Divide the days lesson, readings, or problems into five segments. Kagan cooperative learning australia provides teacher professional learning workshops in cooperative learning and supply teaching resources to educators throughout australia. This creates a more effective teaching and learning.
See more ideas about cooperative learning, teaching strategies and instructional strategies. Students hold up fingers to indicate level of agreement or understanding p. Kagan cooperative learning structures teacher leaders from across the district and in each building have been trained in kagan structures for use in the classroom and inturn have continued building capacity with the teachers in the district, k12, on effective uses of kagan cooperative learning strategies for all students. Before we get into the examples of cooperative learning strategies that we are going to watch a short video on youtube which will go through, in details information about four cooperative learning strategies. This is a great short video to show how kagan can transform your classroom.
In my role as a trainer and mentor, i have the privilege to work alongside and support. This editable powerpoint includes ideas for beginning of year procedures while incorporating cooperative learning so students begin working together and getting to know eac. Kagan structures are revolutionary teaching strategies. Choral response effective for memory work, 100% simultaneous participation. What is kagan cooperative learning the following pages have been specifically designed for student teachers and are intended as a brief guide to kagan cooperative learning and how this approach to teaching differs to the traditional wholeclass approach. Traditional teaching can lead to an everwidening gap between high and low achievers, and the kagan method aims to close that gap.
The what of teaching the how of teaching an active cooperative learning experience ability level shoulder and face partners in heterogeneous base teams face partner most strategiesstructures adapted from. Thinkpairshare or rally robin or paired discussion oral teacher presents a question to the whole class. On the outside it might looks like a lot of noise and chaos, but on the inside you will find it to be a powerful teaching tool and that the noise is constructive noise. We conduct a wide range of kagan cooperative learning courses. Spencer kagan whose visionary ideas have done so much to. Kagan structures walt introduce kagan structures in order to broaden teaching and learning methodology wilf improved knowledge of kagan structures and will be familiar with approx 6 structures to consider how the key principles of kagan and how these can be incorporated into learning and teaching.
Using cooperative learning in elementary science classrooms. At a cue from the teacher, all students say a response aloud, in unison. Activities have been categorized according to comprehension strategies, type of text, multiple intelligences, and usebefore, during, and after reading. Colorful cooperative learning table mats these are mats for kagan strategies. Kagan institutes are extremely practical, handson classes packed with great ideas all grounded in sound research and theory.
These strategies become learning strategies when students independently select the appropriate ones and use them effectively to accomplish tasks or meet goals. Encouragerencourages everyone in the group to contribute and offers positive feedback on ideas. Assign each student to learn only one of the five segments. Cooperative learning structure what it sounds like. Curriculum and instruction kagan cooperative learning. Kagans theory, as well as discuss when its appropriate to use teaching strategies to grade cooperative learning lessons. Kagan argues that cooperative learning is meant for learning, not for grading. Kagan strategies an amazing teaching style that increases engagement and allows for maximum participation cooperative learning. Students mix in the class, keeping a hand raised until they find a partner 2. All group members should be able to explain each aspect and give a teaching strategy for each. This type of teamwork is different from the way professors transmit knowledge in the vast majority of schools and institutes today.
Understand how to implement cooperative learning in the classroom in ways. Cooperative learning structures and multiple intelligences have been incorporated. Active engagement strategies for setting the stage quick scans p. This also can be used for reading informational text test prep. See more ideas about cooperative learning, teaching and cooperative learning strategies. Active engagement strategies with instruction components. Teacher provides a minute or two of silence to allow students to collect their thoughts and formulate a response. I could totally make these without having to pay for them.
Surely, we can face the disadvantages of cooperative learning leaving out its advantages. Cooperative learning, according to some experts, is defined as. Kagan activities 20 task cards for reading informational text practice. Kagan strategies are nothing new if you havent been to a conference then surely you know a teacher who has. Spencer kagan whose visionary ideas have done so much to develop education, and in particular, the field of cooperative learning over the last three decades. This new book presents todays most successful cooperative learning methods. Cooperative learning is an extremely successful teaching strategy in which small teams of students usually teams of 4 work together towards a learning goal. I was one of those teachers that absorbed all the information teachers could give me about kagan learning since i was never lucky enough to attend. Gavin clowes heads up kagan uk, an organization dedicated to bringing kagan structures and methods to united kingdom teachers and schools. Students are encouraged to make visuals and other teaching aids. Materials managergathers the material necessary to complete.
One way to accomplish this important goal, according to hentges 2016, is through kagan cooperative learning strategies, which have been demonstrated to improve student achievement significantly. Teammates try to find which of the three statements is the fiction. Teacher prepares a worksheet or problems, or questions for students. Kagan cooperative learning by dr spencer kagan, in particular chapter 6 on structures and functions. In fact, its a new method of group learning that helps the students develop significant personal growth skills. A records answer on answer sheet, expresses appreciation. This strategy is designed to encourage student involvement. With kagan structures we dont want to use a highconsensus structure for developing divergent thinking. Spencer kagan is a renowned author who has carried out multiple studies on cooperative learning. This structure is adapted with permission from the book, kagan cooperative learning, published by kagan pub lishing.
The structures work in all teaching contextsregardless of subject, age group, and number of students in classand are a particularly powerful tool. Kagan structures are instructional strategies designed to promote cooperation and communication in the classroom, boost students confidence and retain their interest in classroom interaction. Each member of a team is responsible not only for learning what is taught but also for helping teammates learn, thus creating an. See more ideas about cooperative learning, cooperative learning strategies and teaching strategies. Improve your class culture and get your students up and moving as they practice kagan collaborative group strategies. In some instances, the structures seem to favour pure enjoyment rather than focusing on the learning. Strategies like think, pair, share and corners come from kagan. Classroom strategies kagan has developed many different intervention strategies structures that teachers can use in the classroom.
Objectives understand how to implement cooperative learning in the classroom in ways that. The structures work in all teaching contextsregardless of subject, age group, and number of students in classand are a particularly powerful tool for teaching a. Kagan has developed over 200 such structures that deal with students misbehaving in the classroom and how a teacher should respond to it. This model assumes that most teachers utilize direct instruction and then turn to the class for a questionandanswer portion. He is mainly known for his work on cooperative learning strategies often referred to as kagan learning structures. Thinkpairshare, jigsaw, numbered heads together, and tea party method.
If we continue the tool analogy we wouldnt use a hammer for sawing. Spencer kagan and cooperative learning exploring your mind. They may also be working with partners or the whole class. Students are encouraged not to think only of their own. See more ideas about cooperative learning, cooperative. Instructional strategies are techniques teachers use to help students become independent, strategic learners. In class rooms in which the kagan structures are used regularly, students for whom.
Move students into expert groups by having one student from each home base group join other students assigned to the same segment. Instructional strategies what are instructional strategies. Differentiated instruction smartcard kindle edition by. Engagement is vital in a primary classroom, but some of the structures are a little conceited. Cooperative learning tools loyola university chicago. Jun 19, 2017 kagan strategies are nothing new if you havent been to a conference then surely you know a teacher who has. In rally coach, students work in partner pairs or small groups collaboratively on an assignment. The idea, which became the essential 5, came from a great friend and fellow national kagan trainer, rob jutras, and of course from dr. The what of teaching the how of teaching an active cooperative learning experience ability level shoulder and face partners in heterogeneous base teams face partner most strategies structures adapted from. Active learning active learning is a general term for teaching and learning strategies that engage and involve students in the learning process. Because they create an unparalleled level of student engagement. A starting point for kagan cooperative learning gavin clowes he idea, which became the essential 5, came from a great friend and fellow national kagan trainer, rob jutras, and of course from dr. Browse over 10 educational resources created by yay third grade in the official teachers pay teachers store. Strategy c kagan approach lessons are designed such that all members of each team participate students participate equally so ensuring the success for all and learn to support and value each other both socially and academically.