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IT IS RELATED IN WHAT WE CALLED COOPERATIVE LEARNING. THE INSTRUCTIONAL USE OF SMALL GROUPS WHEREIN STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER TO MAXIMIZE THEIR OWN AND EACH OTHERS LEARNING IT PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH THE EXPERIENCES THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF COOPERATION ( JOHNSON-& JOHNSON, 1989A).
AN INSTRUCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT IN WHICH SMALL GROUPS OR TEAMS OF STUDENTS WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE TEAM SUCCESS IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES THE STUDENTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN LEARNING AS WELL AS THE LEARNING OF OTHERS (MERCER & MERCER, 2001).
ASSIGNING ONE STUDENT IN EACH GROUP THE ROLE OF CHECKER. THE CHECKER ASKS OTHER GROUP MEMBERS TO EXPLAIN THE REASONING AND RATIONALE UNDERLYING GROUP ANSWERS. HAVING STUDENTS TEACH WHAT THEY LEARNED TO SOMEONE ELSE.
THINK-PAIR-SHARE
THE TEACHERS ROLE IS TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION WITHOUT BEING OVERDIRECTIVE AND LEAD THE GROUP TO MAKE A PLAN FOR STUDYING AND INVESTIGATING THE ISSUE FURTHER.
It is being developed to make knowledge communities more accessible to secondary science classrooms, including a new role for scaffolded inquiry activities that put the collaborative knowledge-base to use in targeting specific learning goals (Peters & Slotta, in press).
IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED TO DEVELOP DIFFERENTIATED PROGRAMMES SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GIFTED (RENZULLI, 1977).
MORE CARING, SUPPORTIVE, AND COMMITTED RELATIONSHIPS GREATER PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH, SOCIAL COMPETENCE, AND SELF-ESTEEM.