1- Activity 7 Cooperative Learning - Reflection

This activity has brought out some interesting ways by which cooperative learning can help both the teacher and the learner. From the many suggestions, it showed that cooperative learning can be very beneficial if properly planned and executed.

It can also do the following:-

•  help learners to be responsible for their own learning and that of their peers.
• increase learning because of interaction with others within groups.
• promote a increase of peer tutoring.
• provide various ways of problem solving when more background information etc are received from their group members.

Teachers are to take into consideration the level of learning that the use of cooperative learning produces and plan well for the success of their lessons.