Kagan

Kagan Structures

Mohammad Abbas

Social Skills

Teambuilding

Single RoundRobin

Timed RoundRobin

Tell them ahead of time how much time they will have to share.

Lengthy responses

Timer must be visible or teacher

calls “switch.”

P = Positive interdependence

The Four Cooperative Learning Roles:

1- Materials Monitor ( get and return team supplies and leads the team clean up)

2- Quiet Captain ( keeps the team's volume level down)

3- Focus Keeper ( keeps the team focused on task)

4- Question Commander ( checks if any teammates have aquestion)

I = Interactive Accountability

1 time around

❒ Brief answers

❒ Team signals when they have gone

all the way around.

E =Equal Participation

Five Aims of Teambuilding:

1-Getting Acquainted ( getting to know teammates)

2- Team Identity (Forming a team identity)

3- Mutual Support (Feeling supported by teammates)

4- Valuing Differences (clarifying and respecting differing values)

5- Developing Synergy (building on teammates' contributions)

Continuous RoundRobin

Quiz-Quiz-Trade

S = Simultaneous Interaction

Many times around

❒ Brief answers

❒ Team continues until teacher calls “stop.”

Setup

Each student needs a question card.

(Answer on inside or on back is optional.)

No music

Steps

Students stand up with their card.

Students put a hand up and find a partner.

Groups of 2 only

Partners give a greeting gambit.

Partner “A” asks the question on the card they are holding.

Show question

Don’t hold up so partner sees answer

Partner “B” answers.

Partner “A” praises or coaches.

If the answer is wrong, Partner “A” coaches.

Partner “A” reasks the question.

Partner “B” answers.

Partner “A” then praises if answer is correct.

Switch roles. The other partner asks, then praise or coaching is given.

Partners trade cards.

Partners give departing gambits.

Partners split up, put a hand up and find a new partner without

teacher prompts.

Quizzing continues until the teacher calls time.

RALLY COACH

Managment

-attention signals

-always moving

It's All About Engagement

Attention signal

Always moving

Lost and found

Don't wait for the last team

Think time

First Things First

Setup

-1 paper, 1 pencil per pair

- Shoulder partners (not upside down)

- If 1 extra student, make 1 team of 3

No music

Steps

“A” does the first problem; talking outloud, explaining thinking

(no writing).

“B” watches and coaches, if needed, as the problem is being solved.

“A” asks for OK before writing.

“B” gives an OK.

“A” writes answers.

“B” praises (specific praise).

Switch roles and “B” does the 2nd problem.

Continue until worksheet is complete.

Do students know how to “Coach” and

not just tell answers?

- in the begining

- easy - no content

-open ended

Classbuilding

In the Cooperative Class

- Work toward class goals.

- Make the class a fun place to be

- Give students a voice.

- Give students jobs and roles.

- Share in the decision- making process

Mix-Pair-Share

AllWrite Consensus

Each student has a sheet of paper.

First student shares their idea.

Teams discuss.

If consensus is reached, then all students record

that idea on their own sheet.

Students do not pass papers.

Process is repeated by next student.

Can RoundRobin more than once.

From Traditional to Cooperative Learning

No cards music (optional)

Teacher prepares questions

"A good class is a quiet class

"Keep your eyes on your paper."

"Talking is cheating"

"Sit Quietly"

AllWrite RoundRobin

❒ Each student has a sheet of paper.

❒ First student shares their idea.

❒ All students record that idea on their own sheet.

❒ Students do not pass papers.

❒ Process is repeated by next student.

❒ Can RoundRobin more than once.

Students stand up and mix around the room silently.

Teacher plays music (optional).

Watch for students following others

Watch for no talking.

Teacher calls “Pair”or stops music to signal student to pair.

Students put one hand in the air to find a partner.

Watch to make sure students are pairing up with the person closest to them.

Students who haven’t found a partner keep their hand up.

Classmates help them pair up.

One extra, forms a group of 3.

Each time they pair up, it must be with a different person.

Teacher uses a structure to share.

Think-Write-RoundRobin

* Students think.

* Students write down their answers—SOLO.

* Students RoundRobin to share what they

have written.

Seven Keys

Fan-N-Pick

Structures

How to use cooperative learning instructional strategies

1- What is a structures

2- Selecting Stuctures

" If Teaching were the same as telling, we'd all be so smart to teach."

Teams

-through structures

changing every....

1- Structures

2- Teams

3- Management

4- Classbuilding

5- Teambuilding

6-Social Skills

7-Basic Principles( PIES)

Setup

Around 8 cards per team.

Students sit in teams.

Students have numbers 1–4.

Any student may start.

Steps

1. Student 1–– fans cards saying “Pick a card, any card”

2. Student 2–– picks a card reads question to team

counts 5 seconds silently (think time) while holding

card up for students sets card on table signaling that think time is over

3. Student 3–– answers the question to their teammates

4. Student 4–– responds

• if used for mastery—student 4 checks the answer then praises or tutors student. Put used card down on table.

• if used for higher level thinking—student 4 praises and/or paraphrases.

Teacher or team can decide if card is discarded on table or returns to deck.

5. Students rotate roles one clockwise for each new round.

Structures

Extra Student Guidelines

*1 Extra student = 1team of 5

**2 Extra students = 2 teams of 3

***3 Extra students - 1 team of three

Absent Teammates Guidelines

* 1 Teammate Absent = No change nexessary

* 2 Teammates Absent = Pull a student from a team of 5 or 4to work with that team

* 3 Teammates Asent = Move remaining students to the smaalest team