Cooperative Learning Activities for the Classroom
Cooperative learning activities engage participants actively instead of passive listening. LudensFlow offers 43 proven structures for cooperative learning, peer coaching and active processing, ready to use in every lesson.
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Cooperative learning activities like Jigsaw, Placemat, Numbered Minds and Inner & Outer Circle create positive interdependence and individual accountability in the classroom.
Peer Coaching Methods
Structured peer coaching and intervision methods help teams analyse cases together and develop new insights through collegial consultation.
All about peer consultation: the methods comparedActive Processing Activities
After instruction, active processing is crucial. Teaching activities like Flashcards, Movement Quiz and Pair Coaching activate participants and help anchor new knowledge.
What is cooperative learning?
In cooperative learning, participants work together toward a shared goal where everyone has a role and no one can free-ride. The key principles are positive interdependence, individual accountability, face-to-face interaction, social skills and group processing.
Research shows that cooperative learning leads to higher achievement, better social skills and more engagement. Participants learn not just the subject matter, but also how to collaborate effectively. The cooperative structures were developed by Spencer Kagan and colleagues; LudensFlow gives each structure its steps, roles and timing on the board.