BPT1501 Assignment 4
2022
Semester 1
, QUESTION 1
Cooperative learning is the process of dividing a class of students into smaller groups so that
they can work together to discover new concepts and help one another with learning.
(Zook, 2018)
Benefits:
1. Academic work becomes a peer-valued activity when students are working towards a
common goal.
Students attitude toward learning may improve as they are all working together,
with their teachers, to reach their goals as a group. This may increase motivation and
as a result improve their learning skills and results.
2. Students must engage in thinking that builds on other concepts (cognitive
elaboration) when they need to organize their thoughts in order to explain them to
peers.
Engaging in this type of thinking, considerably improves students’ own knowledge.
Both the tutor and tutee student benefit from cooperative learning.
3. Regular and productive collaborative study groups can help you grasp information,
prepare for exams, and do better on assessments.
Collaborative study groups are groups where students choose a single question from
a content area, work together to grow and expand their understanding through
Socratic inquiry, and then apply what they've learnt to improve classroom
performance. Examples of collaborative learning include; completing share tasks in
pairs or a group (matching, sorting, ranking, etc.)
4. When students explain things to one another, they strengthen their own learning.
Not only does it strengthen their own learning but also their communication skills
and teamwork. They develop greater confidence and independence. Some students
feel more comfortable when learning from a peer and therefore may be more
engaged in their learning.
5. Students can communicate with one another in "student language," which is a
translation of the teacher's language.
Having a peer use “student language” to communicate, allows students to gain a
deeper understanding because they are able to understand things from a
perspective similar to their own.
(Anonymous, 2017)
2022
Semester 1
, QUESTION 1
Cooperative learning is the process of dividing a class of students into smaller groups so that
they can work together to discover new concepts and help one another with learning.
(Zook, 2018)
Benefits:
1. Academic work becomes a peer-valued activity when students are working towards a
common goal.
Students attitude toward learning may improve as they are all working together,
with their teachers, to reach their goals as a group. This may increase motivation and
as a result improve their learning skills and results.
2. Students must engage in thinking that builds on other concepts (cognitive
elaboration) when they need to organize their thoughts in order to explain them to
peers.
Engaging in this type of thinking, considerably improves students’ own knowledge.
Both the tutor and tutee student benefit from cooperative learning.
3. Regular and productive collaborative study groups can help you grasp information,
prepare for exams, and do better on assessments.
Collaborative study groups are groups where students choose a single question from
a content area, work together to grow and expand their understanding through
Socratic inquiry, and then apply what they've learnt to improve classroom
performance. Examples of collaborative learning include; completing share tasks in
pairs or a group (matching, sorting, ranking, etc.)
4. When students explain things to one another, they strengthen their own learning.
Not only does it strengthen their own learning but also their communication skills
and teamwork. They develop greater confidence and independence. Some students
feel more comfortable when learning from a peer and therefore may be more
engaged in their learning.
5. Students can communicate with one another in "student language," which is a
translation of the teacher's language.
Having a peer use “student language” to communicate, allows students to gain a
deeper understanding because they are able to understand things from a
perspective similar to their own.
(Anonymous, 2017)
