Author Question: It's October 1, and you are interested in stepping up the amount of cooperative learning you are ... (Read 117 times)

cagreen833 · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

It's October 1, and you are interested in stepping up the amount of cooperative learning you are using in your class. You are considering how to structure your groups. Which of the following actions should you avoid as you make this decision?

a. forming groups so each contains students with a range of achievement levels
b. avoiding personality conflicts
c. allowing students to form their own groups
d. including a student with leadership skills in each group

Question 2

One management challenge presented by cooperative learning is that

a. high achievers get bored quickly and cause interruptions and distractions.
b. the teacher must spend equal amounts of time with each group, and thus may feel spread too thin.
c. lower achievers usually refuse to work in the presence of middle and higher achievers.
d. students who lack social skills may argue, want their own way, be disrespectful of others' ideas, or refuse to work.