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- don’t do anything without me” one, to one which is more of a “cousellor - adviser -
guide - monitor”.
Numbered heads together
Numbered heads together is a cooperative strategy that offers an alternative to the
competitive approach of whole-class question-answer in which the teacher asks a
question and then calls on one of the students with a raised hand. In the numbered
heads together approach, the teacher has students number off (e.g. 1-4), asks a
question, and then tells the students to “put their heads together” to develop a complete
answer to the question. When the teacher calls out a number, the students with that
number respond. This structure facilitates positive interdependence, while promoting
individual accountability. It also gives confidence to lower achievers because they know
they will have the correct answer to give to the class.
Procedure:
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Step 1: Divide the class into teams of about four members each; have each team
construct a graphic organizer depicting essential to-be-learned information about the
unit.
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Step 2: Using the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, assign each member of the group a
number; ask students to remember their individually assigned numbers.
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Step 3: Rearrange team compositions for the whole class so that all the students
from the original teams who were assigned the number " 1" are now in the same group,
all the students from the original teams who were assigned the number "2" are now
grouped together, and so forth.
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Step 4: Ask each student to share with the members of his/her new group the
information depicted on his/her original group’s graphic.
Conclusion
Many widely used cooperative-learning activities, such as the above presented Jigsaw
technique are appropriate for the foreign languages class. Depending on the class and
subject, when cooperative learning is used 10 to 20 percent of the time, it appears that
students accept greater responsibility, exercise positive social skills, and achieve
academically as well as they do with other types of teaching strategies. All these
strategies should help teachers mold their classrooms into supporting communities in
which students are able to use cooperative skills as they learn.
Bibliography:
Kagan, S. Cooperative Learning. Resources for Teachers. Riverside, Ca.: University of
California, Riverside, 1989.
https://www.thoughtco.com/cooperative-learning-tips-and-techniques-2081730
https://www.teachervision.com/numbered-heads-together-cooperative-learning-strategy
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