![]() Group processing: groups reflect on their collaborative efforts and decide on ways to improve effectiveness.Promotive interaction: students interact face-to-face and close together, not across the room.Individual accountability: the performance of each group member is assessed against a standard, and members are held responsible for their contribution to achieving goals.Positive interdependence: members understand that they must learn together to accomplish the goal they need each other for support, explanations, and guidance.The Johnson and Johnson Model (1999) includes five criteria that define true cooperative learning groups: "Cooperative learning is an arrangement in which students work in mixed ability groups and are rewarded on the basis of the success of the group" (A.Woolfolk, 2001, p.340). In fact, group work means several students working together and working together doesn't necessarily involve cooperation. ![]() The terms group learning and cooperative learning are often used as if they meant the same thing. Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning. ![]() Within cooperative situations, individuals seek outcomes that are beneficial to themselves and beneficial to all other group members. Cooperation is working together to accomplish shared goals.
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