It is August, and Susan has decided to use cooperative groups in her fourth-grade science class for the upcoming year. Based upon effective cooperative learning practice, which of the following is a valid recommendation for Susan to consider as she plans this instruction?
a. Group children together by ability so higher-achieving students are not brought down by lower-achieving students and lower -achieving students are not pressured by higher-achieving students.
b. Provide the learners a difficult task as the first assignment so that they know they will have to take cooperative learning seriously.
c. Grade all the students individually so that one student's grade cannot hurt another student who did more of the work.
d. Provide instruction on social cooperation and group skills so that students better understand the role that these skills play in learning.
Question 2
Which of the following instructional models is best suited to help learners acquire organized bodies of knowledge?
a. Direct instruction
b. Lecture-discussion
c. Guided discovery
d. Cooperative learning
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