Typically, in most classes, the way I use cooperative learning, I'll present material for some fraction of the class, usually at the start, and then I'll have a number of problems that I want them to work through. That'll usually take the second half of the class. So usually there's some period during the class—say fifteen to twenty minutes—when they're actively involved solving things. They're either interacting with me or I'll have them record … something on the board. That's how I build [cooperative learning] into a classroom lecture.

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