Give One, Get One: A Cooperative Learning Strategy That Builds Student Ideas
The Give One, Get One strategy is a cooperative learning activity where students share an idea with a partner and collect a new idea in return. Students begin by writing…
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Inside Outside Circle: A Cooperative Learning Strategy That Gets Students Talking and Moving
The Inside-Outside Circle strategy is a cooperative learning structure in which students form two circles and discuss questions or review concepts with a partner. One circle faces inward while the other…
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Cooperative Learning Strategies: How to Use Cooperative Learning During Direct Instruction
Cooperative learning strategies are simple routines that help students think, talk, and learn together during classroom lessons. Instead of listening quietly during instruction, students pause to discuss ideas, explain their…
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Numbered Heads Together Strategy: A Simple Cooperative Learning Routine That Gets Every Student Involved
The numbered heads together strategy is a cooperative learning routine that helps students discuss ideas, share their thinking, and work toward a shared answer as a team. Instead of responding…
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Five Cooperative Learning Activities to do on the First Day of School
Cooperative learning activities on the first day of school do something routines alone can’t: they give students an immediate reason to talk to each other. When students collaborate, listen, and…
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What is Turn and Talk and how to implement it in the classroom to Build Conversation and Connection
“Turn and Talk” is a powerful, quick-response discussion technique that gives students a chance to process their thoughts out loud, practice active listening, and connect with their peers. If you’re…
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Use Quiz, Quiz, Trade to Promote Collaboration and Develop Comprehension & Academic Language
Quiz, Quiz, Trade is a Kagan cooperative learning technique that fosters academic review and reinforcement and cultivates an atmosphere of collaboration. It’s a fun cooperative learning strategy that gets students…
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Think-Pair-Share: A Key Cooperative Learning Strategy for All Classrooms
Think-pair-share stands out as the ultimate cooperative learning strategy, applicable to any lesson and topic. It creates an engaging learning environment where every student is actively thinking about the prompt…
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Fun Ways to Partner Students: 24 Creative Methods for Any Classroom
Partnering students in the classroom sounds simple until you’re standing in front of 24 kids at 8:30 in the morning, trying to figure out who goes with whom. The methods…
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Collaborative Learning – Teach Students to Work Together in Small Groups
Learning how to work together is SO important. Students need purposeful activities that engage them in team building and group work. Most of what the workplace requires these days is…
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Cooperative Learning through Problem Solving
Teaching students to solve problems and better yet, work together to solve problems, is a key skill in elementary school. This cooperative learning resource is a structured activity where students…
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