Teachers enrolled in this course will...

Know

• the difference between “cooperative” work and “group” work.
• the four basic principles that make a lesson cooperative.
• the definitions of a “cooperative learning structure,” “differentiated assessments,” and a variety other practices essential to designing creative learning activities.
• more than 20 different cooperative learning structures and games that can be used in all disciplines at all levels.

Understand

• that differentiating instruction allows all types of students access to the curriculum.
• that differentiating assessment allows all types of students opportunity to “show” what they know.
• that cooperative learning provides ample opportunities to differentiate instruction.
• how cooperative learning structures can be used many times in any discipline at any level.

and Be Able To

• competently use the cooperative learning structures presented in this course.
• create activities and assessments that are both differentiated and cooperative by design.
• critically evaluate lessons used in the past and determine if they “reach” all types of learners.