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It is extra work to learn the structures, but once teachers know the structures, teaching is easier. The traditional teacher does most of the talking and is the hardest working person in the class. Structures reverse that. The teacher still provides instruction, but then sets students to work in teams so students do the talking and the work. Using the structures becomes  automatic and teaching becomes more of a joy because students are so much.

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The primary benefits of cooperative learning, documented by about a thousand research studies, include increased academic achievement, improved social skills and social relations, improved thinking skills, reduced discipline problems, acquisition of leadership and employability skills, improved self-esteem, liking for school and content, and a reduction of the gap between high and low achieving students — not by bringing the high achievers down, but by bringing the low achievers up.

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Basic principles of Kagan Cooperative Learning

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Basic principles of Kagan Cooperative Learning

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1) The learning task promotes teamwork and students experience themselves as being on the same side;

2) Each student is held accountable for their individual contribution;

3) Students participate about equally; and

4) Many students are engaged at once.

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How do Kagan Structures work with multiple intelligences and brain science?

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How do Kagan Structures work with multiple intelligences and brain science?

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There are many structures. Some are designed to engage the different ways students are smart; some are actually designed to engage different parts of the brain.

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Structures are simple step by step strategies. Most Kagan Structures are designed to increase student engagement and cooperation. The good things about  structures is that in the same amount of time that the teacher could call on and respond to two or three students in the class, each giving one answer, the teacher can have every student give several answers.

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Is world renowned author and keynote speaker in the field of education and psychology.
Kagan Publishing and Professional Development and has provided workshops and keynotes in over thirty countries. His main belief about behavior is that it should be established by using structures in order to prevent and redirect misbehavior.