Why would the kagans update a classic that has sold nearly half a million copies. We highly recommend this handy little quickreference card to anyone purchasing the book, kagan cooperative learning. This paper features examples of kagans cooperative learning structures, comments from. Rather than teaching multiple intelligences lessons this year, cooperative learning lessons next year, and character development lessons the following year, with the kagan approach you make cooperative learning, character development, and multiple intelligences part of every lesson. Spencer kagans cooperative learning structures an article by. It covers grouping in pairs and small groups to build a team learning spirit in the classroom. Cooperative learning is group learning activity organized so that learning is dependent on the socially structured exchange of information between learners in groups and in which each learner is held accountable for his or her own learning and is motivated to increase the learning of others. Language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Kagan cooperative learning model academy publication. Students in cooperative learning teams gain in ability to take the role of the other and to understand and empathize with the point of view and feelings of others. Buy cooperative learning by spencer kagan online at alibris. Providing for all learners in general education classrooms, science.
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Because they create an unparalleled level of student engagement. Miguel kagan a practical guide containing approximately 200 classroom structures to. Structures ensure every student is individually accountable so no one can hide and take a free ride. See all books authored by spencer kagan, including cooperative learning, and silly sports and goofy games, and more on. Its never been easier to understand the impact good management and techniques can have on teaching. Spencer kagan s most popular book is cooperative learning. He first stated that the world is pretty much competitive while in some fields it isnt that much. Cooperative learning is more than grouping children together it is helping students learn to work together toward a common learning goal with each person doing their part in the project. Youll still find all the practical and proven kagan structures, including numbered heads together, roundtable, and threestep interviewdirect from the man who invented cooperative learning. Kagan cooperative learning he book that started it allis completely revised. See all books authored by miguel kagan, including classbuilding. The book covers the nature of cooperative learning, the essential components that make it work, the teachers role, the structuring of positive interdependence and individual accountability, teaching students social skills, group processing, and forming teacher colleagial support groups. Transform your classroom and school into a cooperative and caring learning. I am using this as a textbook for class but love the kagan structures and cooperative learning.
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How we structure the interaction among students impacts dramatically on achievement and acquisition of social skills. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Miguel kagan books list of books by author miguel kagan. I bought this book expecting that this was going to be the explanation of the 200 plus structures. Instead of didactic teaching, in which a teacher stands at the front and tells information to whole class, kagan thought that there were. School of education, university of massachusetts at amherst. Students achieve remarkable academic gains and acquire a range of social. Miguel kagan a practical guide containing approximately 200 classroom structures to assist students in peer interaction where they can collaborate with each other in various subject areas.
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