Foundation Coalition: Active/Cooperative Learning

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Transcript: Planning Cooperative Learning Lessons "Getting Started"

. . . Most people think that getting ready for a cooperative class takes longer, and to me, it took [less time]. Now I must tell you that I am not a faculty member that has a class lesson plan, and I’m going to do this in the classroom and spend an enormous amount of time preparing class notes. So, for me, switching from the traditional method to the cooperative method was really easy. It was really easy, because I would look at what the students can do in the classroom when I am covering this subject so I can do a few bullets just to guide me in the classroom. And then all I have to prepare is what I am going to ask the students to do. Now, initially, it did take a lot of time. When I was trying to [decide], “Am I going to do a Jigsaw ? Am I going to do a Think-Pair-Share ?” it took a lot of time for me to get ready for the class. But today it doesn’t take that much [time].

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