Cooperatve Learning and Group Work

There are 5 components of cooperative learning

Positive Interdependence- all ships rise and fall together with a tide. Everyone is more or less tied together.

Positive Face to Face Interactions- Team skill Building and being a community and belonging increase motivation

Interpersonal and Small Group Interactions- is when children have different roles to play in groups

Individual Accountability- builds into individual and group assessment, and accountability

Critical Reflection- builds time into it, support and time for critical reflection

There are alot of positives and negatives to working in groups when it comes to smaller children. Some of the more positive aspects may be that the children would be able to come up with more brainstorming ideas for whatever it was they might have been asked to do. A negative would be that the children are more likely to go off topic and fool around than if they were working alone.