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Cooperative learning
We love it when teachers get support from their students to achieve the learning goals of the class. This includes structuring teams in which faster students work with slower students and older students help younger students. Individualized attention is provided by the helping student, who is also learning the material very thoroughly. Learning to achieve a goal as a team is excellent preparation for the 21st Century.
This team approach is currently being practiced by many Rappahannock teachers. At the elementary school fourth graders were assigned to bring in 101 objects from home to teach kindergarten students mathematical concepts. Fifth, sixth and seventh graders are involved in reading to the lower grades; in a fifth grade class, students work with a “Spelling Buddy,” and the French class at the high school also uses the team approach.The
cooperative learning approach takes into consideration the fact that every child learns in a unique way. We all know that researchers have identified many different learning styles (i.e. visual, tactile, auditory, social, mechanical, analytical, etc.). Education that only addresses the analytical style leaves out many children. If a subject is presented using more than one approach, the chances are increased that more students will absorb the material. We want our children to learn early-on how they learn, with the different kinds of intelligences respected and made use of. Since the amount of information is now doubling every six years, we can best prepare them by fostering an understanding of their individual learning style.
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