Collaborative Learning
Why?
Critical for career and
college preparation
The development of
soft skills
Students retain information
and learn more in groups
Cooperative learning
Positive interdependence
Face-to-face interaction
Accountability
Development of soft skills
Group processing
Aspects of CL
Accountability
Interaction with at least one peer
Use of academic language
Ideas for CL
Basic group work
Carousel activities
Think-pair-share
Corner activities
Uses old knowledge to
think about an idea
Productive group work
Uses new knowledge
to solve a problem
Discussion roundtable
Collaborative posters
Reciprocal teaching
Summarizing
Clarifying
Questioning
Predicting
Jigsaw learning
Teaching ideas
Guided instruction can
be used throughout