Learning Styles (PART 1 : COOPERATIVE LEARNING)

Definition of Learning 

• Learning is acquiring new,or modifying and reinforcing existing.

5 Elements Contribute To Learning

• Knowledge
• Behavior
• Skills
• Values or preferences
• Synthesizing different types of information

What Are Learning Styles?

• Cognitive dimension (auditory vs visual)
• Affective dimension (personality characteristic such as anxiety,expectancy and level of motivation)
• Physiological dimension (includes gender differences,daily rhythms such as morning person vs afternoon person,and "left brained" or "right brained"
• Psychological dimension includes factors such as self-concept,locus of control,and sociability (loner vs group person)

Definition Of Cooperative Learning

• The group members should consist of 4-6 person for an effective result.
• Tasks assigned are collectively learnt or master of which has been previously presented by teacher.
• The teacher who assigned a task should advice the students to work on the task to gether by all members.

4 Forms of Cooperative Learning and Their Characteristic

Student Teams,Achievement Division (STAD)

• Presentation of Information
• Individual quizzes
• Team scoring
• Recognition

Teams Games Tournament (TGT)

• Presentation of information
• Team vs team competition
• Team scoring
• Recognition

Team Assisted Individualization (TAI)

• Proficiency testing of students
• Individual but team assisted study
• Individual student quiz
• Team scoring
• Recognition

Cooperative Integrated Reading And Composition (CIRC)

• Pairs works and teams work
• Individual student
• Quizzes
• Team scoring
• Recognition

5 Elements Of Cooperative Learning

Positive Interdependence⇒Face-to-face Interaction⇒Individual & Group accountability⇒Interpersonal & Small-group skills⇒Group processing