Cooperative Learning: Implementing Student Input to Improve Use

Author

• Susan Palmer, Utah State University

Date of Award

5-2000

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Departmental Honors

Department

English

Abstract

Meeting student needs, keeping students actively involved, and creating authentic learning are common goals of secondary education teachers. Although course content is often standardized or established, individual teachers can choose from instructional methods including lecture, paired learning, individual practice, cooperative learning, and whole class discussion. Of these methods, cooperative learning has recently received a great deal of attention¹. Educators almost unanimously praise the way that cooperative learning centers the classroom on students, creates interactions among students, and allows students to teach each other. This thesis reviews the value of cooperative learning as a teaching tool, and then explores in detail the use of student input to improve the use and methods of application of cooperative learning in the classroom.

Recommended Citation

Palmer, Susan, "Cooperative Learning: Implementing Student Input to Improve Use" (2000). Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects. 1075.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/1075