Cooperative Learning Projects
Cooperative learning combines content and objectives for learning with objectives for group interactions. Each individual brings certain skills and a body of knowledge to the activity. By using cooperative learning techniques, teachers can build team skills while teaching the content areas.
With cooperative learning instructional strategies it is important that students be given an opportunity to develop assessment criteria to evaluate an activity. This gives the student ownership of the assessment tool/criteria and allows the student to use critical thinking strategies with regard to the development of assessment criteria. The following are assessment tools that can be used to process and evaluate cooperative learning activities and/or projects:
- Assessing Cooperative Learning
- Classroom Checklist for Objectives
- Student Effort Forms
- Sharing Letters
- Student Self-Evaluation
- Checking Out My Social Skills
- Sample Assessment for Group Work
- Team Assessment
- Our Team Social Goal
- Evaluation of the Group Process
- Assessing Individuals Within A Group
- Sample Checklist
- Narrative Comments
- Groups Assess Other Groups
- Group Grades Own Product/Activity
- Group Assessment Individual Members Contribution
- Explanation of Evaluation Key
- Kagan’s Cooperative Learning Company