Thanks for checking out this post on using "Four Corners" as a cooperative learning activity in the classroom.  If you would like to view the other posts in this series of Cooperative Learning Strategies, you can find them here: "Expert Groups," "Q&A Match-Up," and "Circle Chats." How It Works: Choose four aspects of a topic that your class is currently focusing on. Assign each of ... Read the Post

"Circle Chats," today's cooperative learning strategy, in another great way to get your students out of their seats and interacting!  How It Works: Divide your class in half.  One half will create an inner circle; the other half will make up the outer circle. Students in the outer circle can ask a question of the students in the inner circle.  These questions can be ... Read the Post

In my first post of this 5-part series, I talked about using Expert Groups as a cooperative learning strategy in your classroom.  Today I am going to outline the use of what I have termed "Q&A Match-Up."  I first saw this strategy used by one of my student teachers as a review activity before a science unit test; my students and I LOVED it! Since then I have used it countless times ... Read the Post