Teaching for Meaningful Learning #14

One of the main challenges is skills and knowledge of the teacher who implement this in there class.Since a lot of teacher do not know how to do it feel that it is unstructured.Also if the students do not have proper support,guidance, and structure then it doesn't help the students learn.This is just some of the reason this type of learning doesn't take off in all classrooms.

Leaning increases in leap and bounds.Johnson & Johnson said from the reading this "there are significant learning benefits for students who work together on learning activities." The reason is that lower level student learn from the upper level peers and do not feel left out.Forty years of research on cooperative learning, they identify five "basic elements" of cooperation that have emerged as important across multiple models: positive interdependence, individual accountability, structures that promote face-to-face interaction, social skills, and group processing. (edutopia Pg 11). This was found along in the reading and it tells a lot of the skill research has found that collaborative groups help students build.

This link support social skill on the web. http://vimeo.com/6224484