Teaching Maths as a Social Activity by Teacher Academy

Sonja, Nis, Serbia

ssumonja — 2016-11-07 13:10:15 UTC

Zuzana

zuzana963 — 2016-11-07 13:13:57 UTC

Cristina

cri_cons — 2016-11-07 13:36:42 UTC

Sometimes it happens that a student in a group fails or refuses to find their own role or perform or accept the task if he was awarded

UĞUR TÜRK, TURKEY

2016-11-07 14:02:34 UTC

Sometimes it happens that a student in a group fails or refuses to find their own role or perform or accept the task if he was awarded

Maia, Moldova

porombricamaia — 2016-11-07 14:14:02 UTC

Collaborative learning teams are said to attain higher level thinking and preserve information for longer times than students working individually. Why is this so?

Groups tend to learn through “discussion, clarification of ideas, and evaluation of other’s ideas.” Perhaps information that is discussed is retained in long term memory. Research by Webb suggests that students who worked collaboratively on math computational problems earned significantly higher scores than those who worked alone. Plus, students who demonstrated lower levels of achievement improved when working in diverse groups.

Lidia, Romania

lidiaristea2004 — 2016-11-07 14:21:27 UTC

Each member of group has a task that to be realised at time to complete the all work in time, are students that assume some roles that can't be finished on time therefore the whole group is affected.

Francesca V., Italy

studentimarconi — 2016-11-07 14:23:11 UTC

When students in small groups work together they usually maximize their own and each other’s learning.

Cinzia,Italy

2016-11-07 14:31:51 UTC

I very much agree with the video. In my class I always try to form groups that interact with each other and help each other.

Marzia, Italy

marziaboccone — 2016-11-07 15:03:43 UTC

Students, sometime, are very selective among each other, but it good to see, when a good is formed, they will work together. I usually change a pair when students don't look good together. Collaborative learning is very challengy, but necessary nowadays.

Maria D, Savona

damoramary7 — 2016-11-07 15:12:24 UTC

As teacher for special needs, i try collaborative strategies are very useful. Students in difficult can take ispiration from the other and with a right organization from the teacher everyone can feel himself useful to the groups. Moreover, when we use collaborative strategies sometimes happens that take place some conflicts and it's a very educational experience learn togheter to solve the problems. Last week I have work with my student with collaborative strategies to create a law. My student had to decide how form the group. One of them proposed to use the idea "If you want be part of this group, i can give away to be part of it". The idea is terrific but when they have use it, they hunderstood how it's difficult

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2016-11-07 15:13:05 UTC

i agree that collaboration improves acceptance and respect, but it needs a lot of time to get to this point. I usually use collaboration when we actualize a project trying to divide responsibilities.

Carol (Italy)

carol_f — 2016-11-07 15:18:48 UTC

I completely agree with the idea presented in the video. The development of social skills and cooperation are the bases to include all the students in the activities. Sometimes it could be hard because many school activities are based on competition.

Alessandro IItlay)

phantomjet — 2016-11-07 15:46:38 UTC

I like this video. I usually use collaboration in my classroom

Rossella B., Italy

rossellabattafarano — 2016-11-07 15:49:19 UTC

I think that 4 Maths hours in a week (middle school) are not sufficient to organize different ways of learning.

Lucia, Taranto, Italy

2016-11-07 16:00:20 UTC

I saw a lot of my thoughs!
I do believe that social skills help to make the classroom a better place, a good place to stay and live.
last year I introduced Philosophy for children with my 7 aged pupils: a real challenge! Well, now I'm so happy with my decsion: They have learned to share thoughts, to reflect on why, has been transferred to this new capacity even in math class. I still give 1 hour a week to improve this skills: it's time that I invest, not waste!

Erika, Italy

erikasala — 2016-11-07 16:07:17 UTC

On some occasions, especially if I need to operate disciplinary recoveries, I use cooperative learning because students get best results. All students work longer on the task, improving motivation and developing more capacity for reasoning and critical thinking; ����z$m�{

Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy

2016-11-07 16:08:45 UTC

In classroom I am using collaborative strategies more than last year. I am agree that collaboration improve to share ideas, respect and so on, but I think that the kids of seven years old needed the strength guide of the teacher. They needed more time to become competent. I think to collaborate in group it is a big opportunity to include all the kids everyone with different abilities. Everyone research the solution at the problem, they discuss all together. My students love work together.

Stavroula Lada, Greece

pde4424 — 2016-11-07 16:30:15 UTC

I try to use as much as I can to ask students to explain their way of thinking. This way, the students explain how they solve a problem or why they gave their answer. I don't say "you're wrong", I say "Are you sure? If it is true, how ..." or "How did you find that? What did you think? Explain to us. Show us". This way, they student make a deep thinking in his mind and vocalizes his thoughts, in a way that he may improve. I try not to give the speech to another student, unless the first cannot continue, or feels intimidated.

Francesca, Rome Italy

pacenca — 2016-11-07 16:31:59 UTC

I usually support team work in the class and it is very usefull if the group is well formed with specific roles which help students to share ideas and to learn how to collaborat

Manoila Maria, Romania

2016-11-07 16:38:40 UTC

One of the methods of collaboration was based learning projects about goemetria crystals.

Silvia Sudiro, Italy

silvia_sudiro — 2016-11-07 16:57:22 UTC

I tried collaborative learning with groups of 2/3 students and groups of 4/5 students and i think that groups groups of 2/3 students work well, while groups of more students do not bring out the abilities of each component.

Gian Luca Cossari, Italy

gianluca_cossari1 — 2016-11-07 16:58:25 UTC

Group work develops important skills, especially with heterogeneous classes.
Students have different knowledge and skills; the fact of working in a group enhances mutual trade and improves the skills.

Angelina Alberico, Italy

2016-11-07 17:07:07 UTC

I am a teacher of mathematics in primary school and I teach two classes scenes. It is known that there are pupils who learn quickly and others who encounter many difficulties. I always give more time to the latter doing many activities, sometimes simplified, particularly by placing them in working groups with the most talented teammates, noting in many cases the improvements. Also I tell them to exercise more at home.

Radu, Romania

raduprisacaru — 2016-11-07 17:19:24 UTC

I use sometimes collaborative work in Maths Learning. I divide my students in small groups (each group - 4 students), especially when we solve real life problems (geometry). Each member of a team have a role: one read the problem, an other try to explain to the group what are the requirements, other write solutions and the last, present all these to the large group of students. Collaborative work is important for students, because they interact and each feel useful.

I use collaborative learning with small groups in my class and it's very effective for children

2016-11-07 17:21:48 UTC

Francesca- Carrara, Italy

2016-11-07 17:30:07 UTC

I always ask my students to work in team. Sometimes they are divided in heterogeneousgroups (2 or 3) and sometimes in homogeneous group. It depends if they are working on something that has just been introduced or on something which they are working for a while.

I try to make them reflect about their posture, if they are showing an opening or closing attitude and invite them to collaborate even with their body language.

When there are some problems which make difficult to work together we use the activity called “circle time”, where everyone can tell what he/she wants and through dialogue they can solve or smooth every problem. There’s only two rules: 1)you can talk only when you receive a particular object and you can ask for it raising your hand in silence 2) everything that is going to be told will remain inside the group.

Dhurata , Albania

2016-11-07 17:34:12 UTC

I always create group ,when i work in a project .Often they evaluate their work as homework and project presentations.

Barbara, Italy

barbara_galavotti — 2016-11-07 17:42:03 UTC

In my classes, we often collaborate and share idea. In 4-5th class, I proposed this list for my pupils where thwy can value work, and they can improve it. I'm sorry is in italian...

Laura,Italy

pagnozzi_laura — 2016-11-07 17:42:58 UTC

I carry out the method of cooperating learning with my students, and often divide them into groups of different levels and invite them to dispose herself questions to other groups, all participate in the test formulation

NikoManara, Thessaloniki

manik1 — 2016-11-07 17:45:19 UTC

Excuse me for what collaboration we r talking about? Am I from another planet? To collaborate you need a collaborative environment. In the photo below you can see a typical Greek classroom. Definitely its not for collaboration! Can you move the desks all the time? What about the noise?
1st we must change our schools but the cost is too heavy.

2nd what about the curriculum? Does your curriculum let you time to work collaboratively? Really? When you prepare students for national exams can you waist your time for this?

Sorry, maybe I m just an only mathematician from planet mars.
I am open to discuss it https://twitter.com/NikgMan

Marcella, Italy

2016-11-07 18:04:48 UTC

For every new topic I organize a group work to leave that with their easy way of comunication they can trasmitt knowledge more easily.

Angela

2016-11-07 18:06:45 UTC

Angela P.,Italy

2016-11-07 18:06:45 UTC

I usually try to alternate collaborative activities with those individuals.During collaborative activities (two, three or four) I try to bring together children with different levels of skills and watch them how they behave in the solution of problems or difficulties .It is not always easy; sometimes the best ones take over sometimes known generosity in helping those most in difficult.

Theodosis, Cyprus

2016-11-07 18:07:04 UTC

I use a lot the peer discussion, peer teaching and peer learning!

Rosa/ Italy

rosadilonardo — 2016-11-07 18:15:18 UTC

Rosa/ Italy

rosadilonardo — 2016-11-07 18:15:19 UTC

I agree with the idea presented in the video that only by getting students to collaborate we can address the diversity of learners in the classroom. I organize a group work to create the peer discussion , teaching and learning, I usually try to alternate collaborative activities with individuals activities.

Passing on knowledge

ullalambek — 2016-11-07 18:17:14 UTC

Ulla Denmark
I sometimes teach part of my students technical things; how do work on Geogebra, and then they pass it on to class mates or neighbour classes. In that way they remember more of the new task. I also tell them to teach their parents how we use the computer in math.

Angela, Italy

2016-11-07 18:27:06 UTC

I use alternately individual activities and small group activities. It is not always so easy to organize group activities either for lack of time and because some students play a passive or disruptive role in the group

Rolanda Rrapaj / Albania

2016-11-07 18:30:29 UTC

I agree more with the videos above. Cooperation between students and teacher-student is important in the learning of mathematics.

Silvia Patrizia Ruggeri, ITALY

silviap_ruggeri — 2016-11-07 18:38:39 UTC

I agree Niko Manara from Thessaloniki, it's not easy to develop collaborative strategies and activities in classroom that are similar in that one of his picture. I've class which I meet only two hour a week, so it's diffucult change the set up of classroom. Anyway I can take my class in lab and use simulation of Physics or in the lab of physics in wich I can organise collaborative activities, by using google documents, or google sheets, or google presentations, that are file that my learners elaborate in collaborative way.

Ilona, Lithuania

tamule1963 — 2016-11-07 19:13:36 UTC

The groupwork, team work, work in pairs - this is a great way to socialization, collaboration and friendship to develop. We often work in groups with lower classes. However, like other teachers, we must prepare the student for the exam. Therefore, more work using traditional methods.

Alina L., Valcea, Romania

2016-11-07 19:22:51 UTC

Develop teamwork attitude of tolerance towards others and the reasons are eliminated stress and emotions are eroding.

The development of critical thinking in students, we should use, especially some active-participative strategies, creative. They should not be broken by the traditional, they scored higher up the spiral modernize teaching strategies.

Maria, Greece

maria_katsa — 2016-11-07 19:28:05 UTC

Collaborative learning is for sure much more effective. But I am not sure that can do something like that in my class. I work with children how are about to give national exams at the end of the year and the curriculum is very difficult to follow. So, I try to give them time to think, ask a lot of questions like: 'what do you think?" " What should we do", and I ask for their opinion. Sometimes, ask them to work with the person sitting next to them on solving problems. Those are the things I can do.

Marialuisa Brindisi

2016-11-07 19:53:18 UTC

In class I can not always use collaborative strategies. Sometimes it seems to me more successful in "see" but in practice reflected greater difficulty

Marjut, Finland

marjut_sulkakoski — 2016-11-07 20:18:46 UTC

According to Vygotsky learning is a social activity. And so is teaching, too.

In my Maths classroom I have shared the responsibility of teaching mathematics to my "tutor students". They are those who are studying their last year in the upper secondary school before being graduated. They are my co-teachers who are helping the younger students in doing mathematics during their math lessons or contribute the younger students in doing homework in math during their free period.

The tutor students benefit by repeating maths and their learning process becomes deeper. The younger students realize how important it is to do maths through a collaborative method. They can see and feel the mistakes one makes are only to be corrected. The teaching process has become a social process.

Ivana (Italy)

2016-11-07 20:27:02 UTC

I often ask my students to work in pairs. I noticed that even when students of a pair are of very unequal abilities, they learn better in pairs than alone. They learn through discussion, clarification of ideas, explanation to the other member of pair. I think that discussing topics in a working group and sharing emotions and ideas can improve their long term memory and their social skills.

Marc, Italy

2016-11-08 07:42:26 UTC

I often ask my students to work with PBL methods

Patrizia Italy

2016-11-08 08:07:11 UTC

This way of working can be well used with children of the first cycle but is not always applicable with older kids who often come to school without reasons and who do not want to work together for various reasons

Alessandra Italy

2016-11-08 08:32:44 UTC

Interesting, as always

Ana from Romania

2016-11-08 08:43:42 UTC

classroom tend to use formal methods
to encourage diversity
and equal opportunities
for example
A simple game
who can adapt to any type of lesson
Take a step forward

Melissa, Italy

melissa_esposito — 2016-11-08 08:52:54 UTC

I teach in a Secondary school and my students often work in small groups in class so they can help each other and I can see that they are very motivated to study. They impatiently wait this kind of lesson because they study teory at home then they work together in the class.

Gina, Italy

ginapalumbo — 2016-11-08 10:54:38 UTC

Usually, my students work in pair or in groups. The discuss and create project and excercise. I belive that this is a good way to overcame social and Mtahs difficulties.

Marie-Anne, Romania

lyxmary — 2016-11-08 12:42:21 UTC

My students work in groups or in pair, they have a different role in activities. In this way they collaborate and work together.

Maria Carbone, Italy

susy_arte — 2016-11-08 12:51:01 UTC

I teach in a primary school. I use a lot cooperative learning, my students usually work in pair or in groups.
They discuss and create a project.
This way of working is very useful and funny.
When there are problems, difficults, unequal abilities, working in group is better , because students learn better through discussions, clarifications of ideas and explanations.
Learning is a social activity.
My students become tutor of their classmates, and they can help the other students.
Cooperation between students is very useful and important, share ideas is important too.
I use self-assessment and formative assessment with my pupils so they can understand how they learn and improve their skills and knowledges.

Monica Boccoli, Italy

mobocco — 2016-11-08 13:37:41 UTC

I absolutly agree: when I get students to collaborate, I can address the diversity of learners in the classroom. When pupils do Maths's exercises, they can ask their friend for help. I usually say: " who doesn't feel sure? If you aren't sure, you can choose a friend who has just finished and he or she can guide you. Yor friend won't give you the solution, but simply suggests you how to reach the solution". My pupils are used to work in pair or in group. Sometimes we go out our class and we fly in edMondo, a virtual 3d world for teaching and learning of Indire. So, we work in a collaborative way with other pupils far away from us in the real life.

Maria Ester, Italy

2016-11-08 13:54:38 UTC

My students request often to work in pair/group. They like, and I too, because:
- they feel most-sure about their work-efficacy
- they can divide rules and task autonomously
- Pupils with specials needs accept feedback from peers
- they have fun!
Sadly they sometimes argue, especially about contents and time. Therefore I bring again their attention on the work and on their goals.

It's not so simple to take on relationship's questions.

Rosy, Italy

rositone73 — 2016-11-08 13:57:12 UTC

These strategies are very interesting.
There are 27 children in my class, they are 9 years old .
It is very difficult for me t o propose this Kind of activity, the levels of pupils are too different . They work very well in pairs or in mentoring activities.

Sílvia, Portugal

zuzartesilvia — 2016-11-08 15:07:26 UTC

In my classroom the students with the better results help the others. And they know that isn't a problem to made a mistake if they are working, because we explore that to learn

Antonella, Italy

2016-11-08 15:11:37 UTC

In classroom I use collaborative strategies. Students to learn with groups of 2-4, enhances muyual trade and improves the skills

Helena, Portugal

2016-11-08 15:46:23 UTC

In my classes, I always try to provide the collaborative work between peers or groups as a way of communication between them to interact with each other and they can take away their doubts

Marianthi Arvanitidou - Greece

1canislupus22 — 2016-11-08 15:53:08 UTC

Skills and understanding in social and emotional learning don't just happen. The ultimate hope is that children come to school with healthy hearts and minds and the skills to communicate and interact effectively. But we all know that this is often not the case. Children come from wildly different backgrounds and experiences, and they bring their diverse skills and struggles to school.

Daniela U./Croatia

ddanci — 2016-11-08 16:19:13 UTC

I work in group, then after finished work groups exchange methods. When I was working inclasses with ss who are not having so good knowledge I often play bingo and Millionaire!
We are working on projects!

magdauleia, romania

2016-11-08 16:36:11 UTC

this is a good method for the primarym , in the secondary we need more exercises !

Matilde,Italy

2016-11-08 16:37:40 UTC

Working in groups is the best way to allow to everyone to express his attitudes, because each member of the group has a different task to get the activity succesfull and it is also a good occasion to promote friendship relations among the students

Monica, Italy

MonicaP — 2016-11-08 16:46:34 UTC

Working together and have mixed abilities is the recipe to produce something special. Is the recipe for success. The students have a "compito di realtà" (in Italian). There is a challenge and the teacher give a clear goal. Students have to discuss and reflect. At the end of the work, students have to produce a product. In my school one of this product is this ore

Karolina,

karolina_brlekovic — 2016-11-08 16:49:21 UTC

This method is not for secondary school. We need much moor knowledge to connect pupils who did not have this experience in primary school. In group work I have problem that one work and other do not.

Jose Luis C., Portugal

jlcsvarao — 2016-11-08 17:51:54 UTC

Often, I use board games that allow the development of team activities, with the objective of strengthening joint problem solving, collaboration and socialization.
For example, in this game the objective is to take the pieces with the mathematical operations of the exit house to one of the larger quadrants, located at the ends of the board. Throughout the game, students have to solve problem situations by performing various mathematical operations.

Adina Marcu,Romania

adinamarcu9 — 2016-11-08 17:55:41 UTC

Thank you for your idea!Working together and have many ways and abilities will produce something original and special.I am sure!

Jane Pesca, Portugal

2016-11-08 18:24:25 UTC

I agree with this idea. But the question "How do you teach a group with 20/30 kids with so many different ranges.?" make me thinK.
They work with social skills but they must built social skills (work together, help and accept help, ... sometimes is very difficult to make them work and share knowledge and ideas.

Mirjana Jovanovic, Serbia

mirjana_jovanovic_ns — 2016-11-08 18:33:06 UTC

I usually use group work. The main challenge is how to make them collaborate and work together, to share ideas. Sometimes, there is a person in a group willing to impose his/her ideas. It's not always easy to prevent him/her from taking a leading role without discouraging him/her. I think that there is no recipe - it depends on student's personality. Anyway, having respect and understanding for other people needsis a skill students should practice.

Moreno Concezzi, Rieti, Italy

moreno_concezzi — 2016-11-08 18:33:53 UTC

It isn't always easy to put into differents groups the students of a class, in particular respect to the kind of school, but this is very usefull in class with students affected by learning disorders.

Salvatore Lo Nero Trabia, Italy

loneros56 — 2016-11-08 18:54:09 UTC

This video is great. Having students use math is all other subjects is a great idea. So many students have a negative attitude to math and this is a way to help them get passed that because it allows them to use it all the time and feel comfortable with it.

Rossella, Italy

rossy2305 — 2016-11-08 19:35:42 UTC

I believe that teaching our students to work together to achieve a common end goal, namely to learn something, it's the first thing to do. Just learning activities with peer can allow everyone to achieve positive results while respecting its times. the student must always be in a position to meo esprimre himself and his qualities and ability to megio, and supported with group activities that you can do it more facolmente. The teacher must, however, closely monitor the situation and exchange in groups, for prmettere everyone to participate actively. In my utiizzo these ores teaching methodology sex class, but I find that it is not always easy to manage children, because often the best ones try to prevaricate on those less able or who need more time to reflect.

Gülhanım,Turkey

gul_ektem — 2016-11-08 19:40:11 UTC

Math is a part of life and I belive that students need to use math in life.That's why social activity help them get to gether and use their knowlage during this activiteç

Sara

stracq_sara — 2016-11-08 19:56:44 UTC

Social activity helps to improve the learning of mathematics. It develops the exchange of ideas among students.

Tittolina, Italy

2016-11-08 20:08:30 UTC

Collaboration should be a daily attitude to build in the class, rather than a specific project. I find very important children learn to motivate their answers or solutions so that others can understand; when they make the effort to explain something to their peers, they're not only helping others, they're giving themselves the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and awarness. It does work! But it's a day by day activity, it's very demanding both for students and teachers, but it worths while!

José María Díaz, Spain

josemaria_diazfuentes — 2016-11-08 20:26:01 UTC

Today I heard: "You can discover more about a person in an hour of play, and in a year of conversation." - Platone
Working collaboratively is almost a game and you really learn! (Students complement their skills)

Maria, Italy

2016-11-08 20:33:00 UTC

The cooperative learning I think is the ideal methodology to favor active learning. Children help each other, they are aware of their learning, are corrected evaluate, develop and improve social relationships. Everyone is responsible for his work and aware that the success or failure also depends on him. The motto is "All for one, one for all."

Adriana, Valona Albania

adriana_vl21 — 2016-11-08 21:04:48 UTC

Cooperation of students in class is very useful. Students can learn from each other and become responsible, but there is a risk that some can be less active and indifferent, if they haven’t their own work. One of the techniques that stimulates cooperation is “ Work with expert groups “

Elisa Ciontoi,

2016-11-08 21:45:33 UTC

In the course of my career in my classes I always had children with a learning faster than others who had learning difficulties. This is why I have devoted more attention to these children, offering them the facilitated activities and then supplement with more good children, I also told them to study more at home.

Alessandro Antonucci, Italy

antonucci_ales — 2016-11-09 09:24:24 UTC

I think that social activity can help math learning, but it's not always easy to find the right activity. Students love play so teacher must invent an activity with the right balance between fun and learning.

Isabelle, Belgium

hanquet — 2016-11-09 09:32:36 UTC

We often use peer-tutoring. We encourage students to learn from and to each other. Children can complete each others talents and workpoints. Children love to work like this.

Antonis, Greece

2016-11-09 10:06:40 UTC

I partly agree with the idea of the video. Students can also share their mathematical difficulties with the whole class and express their cognitive conflicts by working on their own, but only by following specific rules. Some collaborative activities and methods we can use in the classroom is to divide the class into promiscuous groups or even motivate the students work individually, using mathematical softwares and paper sheets made properly by the teacher. The students can also share their thoughts and present the results of their activities to the whole class.We can also motivate the students by using outdoor activities. We can also divide the class into homogenous groups so as the students can help each other more efficiently.

Ana Martinčevič, Osijek

2016-11-09 13:31:15 UTC

It can happen that some students do not do anything.
Groups can be uneven in composition.

2016-11-09 15:32:26 UTC

Lina Italy

I very much agree with the video. In my class I always try to form groups that interact with each other and help each other.

Fernando, Portugal

2016-11-09 15:59:17 UTC

High failure rates in mathematics, can contribute to school and social exclusion of many students.

Collaborative group work requires careful planning on the part of the teacher. The decision to include cooperative learning assignments in a course should be based on a careful examination of course goals.

Salvatore Lo Nero, Italy

loneros56 — 2016-11-09 16:08:21 UTC

Simoni, Cyprus

simonip2009 — 2016-11-09 16:51:03 UTC

Collaborative strategies can be taught to a great extent. Setting goals with the students for every step of collaboration is very important. Setting agreements is also necessary. All the above may seem as a waste of time, but you and your students will be compensated at the end.

Adelaide, Italy

2016-11-09 17:58:45 UTC

work in teams to solve a problem it stimulates creativity and increases motivation

Chiara Italy

2016-11-09 19:11:58 UTC

Students can learn much more by working in groups. Cooperative learning let each student give own contribution to gain a common purpose. I used it to support inclusion for children with special needs, too.

Alberto ( Spain)

2016-11-09 19:23:28 UTC

Every week I take the class twice to the center library and form groups of four students. I give them a job card for them to do. A student will be the representative of the group and if you have any questions ask me the question and explain it to the group.

Ivana, Slovaki

luptacikova_ivana — 2016-11-09 19:24:12 UTC

I usually divide my students into group of four and they solve some problem or practice some calculation trough word problem or they teach each other. This video is awesome and I agree with all eight steps. This school year I did expectations of both sides – mine as a teacher toward to students and students’ toward to me. I was very useful experiences and some expectation were very surprising.

Maria A., Greece

2016-11-09 19:41:44 UTC

I think it is very important to establish a positive learning environment in the class.

Massimo, Italy

massimo_pescato — 2016-11-09 21:19:02 UTC

The biggest challenge in getting students to work together is to create a possibility for every student to involve their skills. So we have to plan different activities at different levels.

Sabina, ItalyI often organize in my classroom activities of group. The children learn very much, not only math or other subjects. They learn to collaborate, to discuss, to have a critic thought. I like to see my children working so because they became aware of their abilities.

sabina_giolo — 2016-11-09 21:39:24 UTC

Maria, Italy

mariteaprof — 2016-11-09 21:48:36 UTC

I usually divide my students in heterogeneous groups to solve geometric problems and arithmetic exercises. I think that collaboration is a great opportunity for all the classroom.

Zulmira, Portugal

2016-11-09 22:01:59 UTC

I agree with the idea presented in the video but with 28 students in a classroom full of 14 tables and 28 chairs there isn't space to work in group. If we want to change it's not easy and class time is wasted. But if it is possible what I notice is that half group works and the others talk. Usually I prefer peer work, they can also collaborate and help each other.

Marina, Croatia

marina_njers — 2016-11-09 23:44:52 UTC

For me is a big challange to coax students to try something. They are waiting for a decision.

Adriana Fericean

adriana_fericean — 2016-11-10 15:23:28 UTC

I agree that that only by getting students to collaborate we can address the diversity of learners in the classroom.Developing social skills is crucial for collaborative learning. Kids must assume their roles and respect each others ideas and work.

Renata,Italy

renata_restivo — 2016-11-10 16:34:29 UTC

I often divide the students into small groups to create a learning environment in the classroom where students, in a positive relational climate, transforming the learning activities in a
" group problem solving". Each student gives his personal contribution. I organize the activity, observe them and help them

Daniela, Romania

2016-11-10 20:47:13 UTC

Organizing group activities encourage collaboration among its students. Such collaborations can be applied in problem solving, construction of geometric figures with GEOMAG, development of mathematical models using various materials, interdisciplinary projects from a given topic.

Lucia - Italy

2016-11-10 21:39:04 UTC

I use to propose to my students to solve geometric exercises working into small groups, to let them try to explain each other a way to solve them

Adriana Colda

2016-11-11 04:32:07 UTC

I like to use collaborative learning because I notice how students communicate. Students teach each other. They prepare for real life social and employment situations. I use : stump your partner, think /write -pair-share, group problem solving.
I agree with the idea presented in this video.I noticed that this students have the skills they need to succeed in doing group activities such us self-reflection techniques.
Collaborative learning is a long process.

Atanasija,Croatia

atbilic — 2016-11-11 07:49:01 UTC

To me collaborative learning is great method where children can exchange ideas, work together and help each other.
Children can satisfy their curiosity, learn in a different way, appreciate different way of thinking, develop creativity and work ethics and, above all, learn to work well with others to achieve same goal.

Luisella,Italy

luisella_signo60 — 2016-11-11 13:56:04 UTC

I often use collaborative learning: it's great! I divide, random, the class in groups and I assign problems/exercises. At the end, I discuss the solutions with the students.

Carole, France

carole_palud — 2016-11-11 14:25:05 UTC

I try to make my students works in groups each time they work on exercises. Most of the time, they speak about the exercises, they try more than if they were alone in t heir on table.
I also ask the students to explain instead of me when we are in class

Pietra,Italy

2016-11-11 15:42:50 UTC

In my teaching method studente work in group and they collaborare in the learning

Enrica Maragliano - Italy

EMGe — 2016-11-11 16:05:48 UTC

I use cooperative learning quite often , especially pair job that is very easy to set and can be done after a theoretical explanation, for instance. This morning in my 11th grade class I explained how they can find the sign of a quadratic equation’s roots with a bottom-up approach and I asked students to help me to find this. We decided we needed to know if the equation had real roots, so we had to study the sign of the delta and then brainstorming we studied the sign of the coefficients and, using Descartes’ rule we finally arrived to a solution. Then to be sure all of them understand what we did, I asked them to work in pairs and solve e similar problem. Can I ask you a real-world problem Next time I’ll give them this “real-world” problem: “You are the manager of a cruise company that is running a service of trips on a river. You that ak hour river cruise goes 3k km upstream and then back again. The river has a current of k-1 km an hour. What is the boat's speed and how long was the upstream journey? When you are sure you can organize a cruise depending on the value of k?“. On Monday I’ll tell you what it will happen…

I think that if they work in group they can have many benefits: first of all they decide in some way their pace, they must be active (especially if the group is small) and they learn better as they have to explain their idea and they must listen to their mate(s). It is not true that a team of not too brilliant students is weaker than one were there are some brilliant ones: everything depends on how they work together and for instance in this class socializing is very important, as they don’t like each other very much… But they must learn that they have to cope with this situation...

In my teach method student work in group and they collaborare in the learning.

2016-11-11 16:37:25 UTC

Cristina,Italy

Daniela, Italia

daniela_cutrupia — 2016-11-11 16:51:02 UTC

I often use collaborative learning: when I finish explaining the lesson, I assign problems/exercises,
when i divide the class in heterogeneous groups. In this way the students more skilled help those who have more difficulty.

Michaël/France

mickmasson — 2016-11-11 17:28:28 UTC

I teach my pupils how to play Quarto.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L4-vvIR-f8

Gabriella L, Italy

user_1412192056 — 2016-11-11 18:37:34 UTC

I often ask the children to work in pairs or in groups. Sometimes it's hard work because when they are young they find difficult to listen to their peer's ideas and try to lead the group and don't share responsability. But group working is a good way to help the weaker and also to improve the smart ones' abilities to explain their strategies.

Ana,Spain

agutimend — 2016-11-11 18:55:37 UTC

I usually work in collaborative groups with students. It's a perfect way to make social abilities, to help each other, to understand better the problems that have to solve and of course to attend the diversity.
Normally I show a problem or activity to solve in groups; they discuss about it, and them they share to the rest of the class their solution.

Mihaela, Romania

2016-11-11 19:20:41 UTC

At my geometry class we work in groups, ans I ask my students to use GEO Fantasy and Plasticine and sticks for a better understanding the problems and the concepts.

Adriana Laze Albania

adrianalaze — 2016-11-11 20:47:43 UTC

Always I have seen and used the group work as a more effective method . It is true that this method includes more benefits. Some years ago when I organized the student's work in mixed groups and choose the leader I used to say them : Be careful because I am preparing as a leader for your future. Actually this days in one of my classes i left them to prepare for the test in groups . And I told them that this test will be an evaluation not just personal , but also a team evaluation . Let's see how much you have done as a team.

Serkan, Turkey

pelenserkan — 2016-11-11 21:03:28 UTC

Collaborative working in classroom can be used either developing social skills or mathematical skills. In both cases, the role of the teacher is crucial. It has to be planned very carefully, the roles, the tasks should be prepared in detail. After the planning, the implementation phase also is very critical. And finally, feedback should be given to both students and to the teachers.

Manuela Vieira, POrtugal

mmanuelavieira — 2016-11-11 21:43:15 UTC

In my classes I use to work in pairs. Peers working is a very good collaboration. The role of the theacher is very important , whatching everyone. ometimes I need to mixe the weakers with some well succeded students to help, explain improving skills.

Susana, Portugal

ssilva9 — 2016-11-11 22:17:23 UTC

Teaching is a Social Activity so when we teach Maths we can´t escape from that. In my classes I have all kinds of students, with very different Math skills. So I try to use that as positive factor and I always ask students to help and oversee their table colleague. I wish I could work with kids sitting on the flour, but I think it´s still a big step for me to take!

Daniela Rubagotti, Italy

DRubagotti — 2016-11-12 08:28:27 UTC

My lessons are divided into several parts.
In the first one, I ask if there are some questions about the homework and I try to solve the problems of misunderstanding.
In the second one, I introduce the lesson goal: it can be a new topic, a development of the previous one and so on.
In the third, I propose a collaborative work, the students have to investigate or to solve some problems in groups. Sometimes they are divided into homogeneous groups and sometimes in atherogenic groups.
At the end, I try to summarise what they have discovered and what they have understood. This part is the most complex to realise because the groups don't work with the same speed and there are some groups that finish before and others that don't' finish in time.
The confusion grows up and the students who don't have something to do disturb the others.
I have to improve this point.
I'm looking forward to adopting new suggestion!

Cristina Crupi, Italy

2016-11-12 09:13:10 UTC

I completely agree with the idea presented in the video. We have often to face different levels of comprehensions in our classroom since not all students have the same bent for catching quickly new information. Collaborative strategies let us overcome this difficulty getting students to share their knowledge, exploiting and improving their skills. Of course we need to weigh the situation, plan the right time for these activities, organize groups of students with not too different abilities and divide tasks considering the student's skills.

Alexandra, Romania

rogojinaalexandra — 2016-11-12 10:06:42 UTC

I have various types of children in our classes, with different styles of learning and different expectations after the final exams. I usually start my lessons verifying their homework and asking them if there were any difficulties. Work in pairs, homogeneous or heterogeneous

groups , teams is very attractive to my students and I try to involve as many students as I can. The lesson is ended through a feedback from the student's part or mine.

Tiina (Finland)

2016-11-12 10:11:02 UTC

I pairs or groups are the power! If students want to learn, it pairs/groups are very powerful and nice way to learn. I want them to learn together. I have use also one nice way to practice together; one is with the pen and other is telling what to write.

Maria Carbone. Italy

susy_arte — 2016-11-12 13:31:49 UTC

I think that students who worked collaboratively on math computational problems, earned significantlyhigher scores than those who worked alone.
I think collaborative strategies very useful. Students in difficult can take ispiration from the other.
In my class I usually use cooperative Learning and peer to peer , so my students interact with each other and help each other.

Cecilia, Italy

ceciliag — 2016-11-12 14:40:41 UTC

I think collaborative learning is a great method but it is not easy to apply. I usually organise my lessons in 3 main steps:
-Homework review ( in a collective prospective)
-introducing something new ( in some different ways)
- apply the new thing in a collaborative way, usually in pairs.
In my school we don't have round tables or things like that. We can't move students easily and we don't have a dedicated math room. Students stay in the same space, everytime, everyday, indipendently on the teacher/subject. Teachers move from classroom to classroom, together with their "toolboxes". Sometimes it is not easy to manage...

elisabetta

cassiani_ic1riccione — 2016-11-12 16:30:16 UTC

Elisabetta, Italy

cassiani_ic1riccione — 2016-11-12 16:30:18 UTC

In each lesson, after the correction of the tasks, you start to talk about the subject of the day, starting with their knowledge, very often I make them questions, answers and ideas born and the studen discuss. What emerges from the discussion is the starting point to begin to talk about a new topic or to continue on previously treated arguments.

In my school a room is assigned to the pupils, they work and stay in it for most of the lessons, there isn't the space to make a circle. I use the circle for socio-affective activities, however, are forced to move in the garden or in the hall of the school and we sit on the floor.

Annalisas

isaese77 — 2016-11-12 17:20:20 UTC

Cooperative learning is very important to reach subjects' and socila competences.

Anett, Hungary

sziliah — 2016-11-12 18:31:13 UTC

Sometimes I use group work in my classes, encourage them to help each other, explain things. I have a group. We call it middle math. They're learning about a law of sines now. One of my less motivated student tried to ask some direction from another girl . What I have noticed. She was getting troubled. I stepped in and explained how could she handle the situation.
In my advanced math group I have a really clever boy. He always helps his classmates. I think his illustrative skills are pretty good by now.
I encourage my students to explain each other math. Maybe that's why the other student can better get it.
In this year I ask them to express oneself more precisely. We correct it, discuss it.

Lucia Lauria Spolidoro, Italy

laurials — 2016-11-12 18:34:14 UTC

Usually I use problem solving as methodology, I divide the students in groups. I give them some tips and they found videos, materials, etc. So I apply the flipped classroom.

Maria Rosaria Sabina, Italy

laurials — 2016-11-12 18:36:48 UTC

I use works group with my BES students. They work in pairs. I give them a question to solve and they work also with teacher.

Claudia S., Italy

claudiascriffignano — 2016-11-12 19:08:37 UTC

I sometimes use cooperative learning, dividing students in groups. During this activity I observe their behavior, if they partecipate, how they work in group and I've noticed that they are more motivated: even shy students participate and the less good at math try to learn because they feel responsible to the group when they shall report. Applying the cooperative learning, students are aware of the importance of the contribution of each to the common work and thus develops mutual respect and team spirit. In the meantime the social and emotional aspects of learning are considered too.

Evangelos, Cyprus

2016-11-12 20:54:19 UTC

I believe collaborative activities can work in class very well in primary school. For me i can see collaborative learning happening in the context of a written project or a presentation given to small groups of students to prepare. I also think that sometimes cooperative learning can be achieved through questions in class like "how do we proceed from that" or "is it right to do this or that" etc where discussion can occur between students - teacher or between students themselves. In some occasions students might offer a better way to answer their peers than the teacher.

Kamilla/Polska

2016-11-12 22:45:52 UTC

Collaboration is very important in teaching

Evanthia Kontogouri, Greece

evikont5 — 2016-11-13 05:45:05 UTC

I am not so sure that this is the only way to address diversity, but I know for sure that it is a very convenient way with remarkable results. I try this method with students 15-18 years old and there are many benefits for everyone:

Those who explain, learn better
Those who listen or ask learn better from their classmates because they use the same "language".
The teacher is more sure that many more students understand than if he was only teaching, writing on the blackboard.

But, for this to happen, there must be a rule: An the end of each task, everyone in the team must be able to explain the solution.
Of course, sometimes we face problems such as: a)students may not want to cooperate with each other, or with a certain student, b)students who are not used to cooperative work brake the rules by being offensive or by not accepting other's ideas etc. I know now that any problem has a solution, but in the beginning it was difficult for me.

Oriana, Portugal

orianaborges — 2016-11-13 10:45:05 UTC

In my classes I use to work in pairs. Peers working is a very good collaboration.

Ivana, Croatia

2016-11-13 12:11:57 UTC

I usually use cooperative learning with students divided in pairs or small groups (3 or 4 students).
I give them work that they need to do together and work that they need to do alone.
In that way, they are learning to work with each other and also with work alone they are learning to be more independent and more responsible for their own work.

Rok Lipnik, Slovenia

roklipni — 2016-11-13 14:06:14 UTC

Formative assessment teaches us it is important to do paired evaluation, students preparing tests for students, getting feedback from each other. I mostly use these ways, but also group work (in groups of four, mostly).

lucia , parma

luciabert — 2016-11-13 15:10:56 UTC

often I use group activities before my lesson.
I write a question, a problem and their work in a group and then with a brainstorming we decide the best solution

Paola Biondi, Italy

paola_biondi19 — 2016-11-13 16:08:17 UTC

In my teaching practice I'm definitely increasing the moments of cooperative and collaborative learning because my students are more active and motivated. I often use collaborative activity wherever material can be segmented into separate components. Each group member becomes an expert on a different concept or procedure and teaches his or her concept to the group. For example I use this activity when covering factoring of polynomial. I form base groups of four students. Students count off from one to four, and I distribute a work sheet for each case. The work sheets have five sample polynomials that I have made up for the students to factor, plus a space for each student to make up five problems. Students form new groups by combining with other students who have been assigned the same case number, again four to a group. The students work together to determine what is unique about their cases. They are, in effect, becoming experts in the case to which they have been assigned. In the next step, students develop a teaching strategy to take back to their base groups. At this stage, they make up their own problems. Each student practices his or her explanation with the case group. Finally, the students return to their base groups and teach the case they have been studying. There is no set way in which students must teach their material, so the results are quite varied. This activity helps students understand what teaching mathematics involves. It also leads to interesting classes. Students learn how to work with different partners and begin to see that they can indeed assume responsibility for their own learning.

These are some of my fourteen-year students while they're doing a job in collaborative mode

Helena, Portugal

2016-11-13 17:00:06 UTC

In my classes, I always try to provide the collaborative work between peers. In groups not always is the best way because some are working and others are talking and that leads, sometimes, to noise!

Both are a way for communication between them to interact with each other and take away their doubts with the mediator, the teacher!

In my classes, this year, one of 45 minutes class, our 25 students are divided in 2 groups by 2 teachers in different rooms. For now it’s working! :)

Grazia (Italy)

2016-11-13 17:02:28 UTC

Group projects can reinforce skills that are relevant to both group and individual work such as the ability to plan and manage time. Understanding through discussion and explanation makes students develop stronger communication skills.

Diana Szasz, Romania

dianaszasz — 2016-11-13 17:13:01 UTC

Sometimes I divide the class in groups (3 or 4 students) and I give them the same problem or for each group a different problem. I try to give them problems from the real life situations or interdisciplinarity problems.
They like it, but sometimes there are some students who don't pay attention or there are some students who want to show the others their skills and they don't listen. On the other hand, there are students who learn better if one of the his/her colleges explains the problem or the situation.
Its a good way to work as a team, to collaborate, to listen to one another.

Carmela, Italy

aquilina_carmela — 2016-11-13 17:35:54 UTC

José Luis. Spain

2016-11-13 17:54:15 UTC

In my teaching practice I am giving more importance to collaborative learning.
As students have more and more problems to solve for themselves the exercises and attention in class.
Many times I do the collaborative work where I assign each member of the group or part or procedure to work and expose it first to a group of four.
Then each one exposes his work, to another group of 8 students. Then they are exposed to a group of 16 and at the end to the complete class.
I want everyone to become an expert in a subject and be able to explain it because then it means that he is able to understand it.Each one can use the resources he wants.
They get used to working with all their peers, and not only with their friends and assume different responsibilities and roles.

Sónia, Portugal

sonia_barbosa — 2016-11-13 18:18:15 UTC

I do some work in pairs or groups. When presenting a work I always follow:
Objectives of the work
Phases of work
During the work (commitment, participation, problem solving, behavior).
End product (research, collaboration and creativity)

Giulia Italy

giulia_bernieri — 2016-11-13 19:37:12 UTC

Collaborative work is very important, because students can teach each other and they learn more by other students

Christina, Cyprus

2016-11-13 21:27:04 UTC

What I have used in my class is having students work in pairs or small groups of 3-4 in the "investigate" part of the lesson, which is usually the opening activity, where they have to discover one or more solutions to a problem or a situation. I have also used group work when organizing a maths games period, where they have to share materials like dice or calculators to play the games. They usually work in groups when given Dienes cubes or other teaching material. Sometimes they find it hard to learn how to share or to respect each other's working pace and not rushing to complete a task before their classmate hasn't even begun to think! I also use peer-assessment where students exchange textbooks and point to one another their mistakes. I think that's a very useful way to help them correct their own work later.

Simona, Romania

simona_ratan — 2016-11-14 10:24:19 UTC

Often working in teams to math.Tasck for each team are clear and well established .

Valentina, Italy

2016-11-14 16:20:46 UTC

In my lessons I often use a collaborative activity to stimulate the capacity of each pupil. I divide the classroom in small groups with maximum 4 students. The students in each group have different level of maths ability. One is the tutor that help the others to resolve a real problem. At the end of the work each student have to explain the result and how they have gone to it.

Martina, Italy

innisfail82 — 2016-11-14 17:07:49 UTC

I my classes, sometime I use cooperative learning, sometimes I use peer to peer learning. So my students work in pairs or in groups of 4-5 people. When they work in pairs, one compensate and help the other that has more difficulties or learning disabilities.
Cooperative learning groups have to promote social experiences, a full inclusion of kids with special needs, the indipendence and responsibility of every student.
Sometimes I experienced some problems with these activities when some student works or contributes less than the others, or when in the same group there are students that don't get well toghether.

Daniela

invernizzifam — 2016-11-14 18:33:53 UTC

Daniela C, Italy

invernizzifam — 2016-11-14 18:33:56 UTC

I strongly believe that cooperation works! I use Cooperative Learning as much as I can, and my students often work in pair to solve problems such as the one shown in the video. With my new pupils, which are only 6 years old, I'm still working on "basic" agreeements...for example, they are Learning to respect their turn of speaking, and we often use a paper microphone to help themselves to remember this rule.

Luca Grande, Pisa (Italy)

2016-11-14 21:26:22 UTC

Once a month students perform group works in classroom. Each group is mixed and balanced by teacher. They have to solve a problem together and to choose only a response by the group. They try to discuss and debate to reach the final response. The debate starts quickly, because the teacher doesn‘t suggest whether the answer is right or wrong. The teacher, simply and firmly, says: Nobody knows the right answer.

christos greece

2016-11-14 21:27:37 UTC

we work as a team

Manuela Vieira, Portugal

mmanuelavieira — 2016-11-14 22:16:02 UTC

I agree with the present video. It is very importante for me because I use to work comunication and reasoning skills. It is very important.
But to do this we have to have rules, and the role of the teatcher organize/lead the class.

Iola Mara, Portugal

iola_ribeiro — 2016-11-14 22:22:13 UTC

My students and I like to create collaborative activities, like group work. It isn't easy with some 13-14 years old group of students. Some of them take advantage of the oportunety of being together and start talking with each other about other things rather tham work. That's the most dificulty I see when I try this kind of activities. This year I'm glad my classes knows how to work in pars ans in groups: we already made esplorations activities, some of them using the computer, and it tourn out just fine!

GaDiBi — 2016-11-14 23:16:43 UTC

2016-11-14 23:23:10 UTC

Apply the peer tutoring for exercises and to consolidate the knowledge. Or to compensate for the different modes of being: the chatty with the shy, the specimen with those who have difficulties.

Compared to cooperative learning still I have to figure out how to build groups with "each with its own contribution to make." Groups where differences are valued and accepted.

Before I could create in the classroom an atmosphere where there was "respect for everyone, just as it is." Now I can not.

What is holding me back is the being alone. The fear of not being understood. And behold, the classic lecture creates fewer problems.

Although the classes often ask: "we begin to build the class that we want. Where we can all feel good."
But I still have to figure out how.

And then as you evaluate the different contributions? What roles?

Signed: dreamer bear :)

Paola, Italy

paolamarcuzzi — 2016-11-15 00:03:36 UTC

I think that a collaborative work is very useful to understand and to send out . I often use such a work in my classrooms becouse I sow excellent results in the group working for games for teams ( see http://www.dmi.units.it/divulgazione/matCultSoc/olimpia13/)

Anne Marie, Ireland.

annemarie6 — 2016-11-15 13:08:27 UTC

I enjoyed this video as it addresses some of the concerns I have in my classroom. I have 29 children of different abilities. I find they enjoy group work and we engage in collaborative problem solving where they teach each other and discuss different strategies. This takes time though but the social skills are just as important as the maths.

Maria-Doina POPA, Romania

mariadoina — 2016-11-15 18:47:39 UTC

Conducted laboratory math lessons AEL have given students the opportunity to understand more easily some terms.

Daniela, Italy

2016-11-15 20:59:03 UTC

I really like to assign works to do together or in pairs in my classroom. This is very important for learning and for social activities. Students accept help from other students better than from the teacher.

Virginia, ITALY

2016-11-15 22:52:27 UTC

I propose to group work in the operating phase of the EAS method to enthuse and challenge students of problematic issues related to reality and intriguing from a mathematical point of view.
Collaboration is useful in my classroom to discuss about math by math language

Francesco, Italy

francesco_sandrelli — 2016-11-16 08:25:30 UTC

I use with my students group working when we are making activities like exercises on advanced topics or when we are going to computer lab.
I agree with the idea presented in the video, but, working with high school students, I have to take in account some extra attentions because boys tends to be very noisy, to be distracted by chatting with their friends and trying to use their smartphones.
I try to build group with mixed levels, skills and abilities or in an homogeneous way depending on the aim of the group work.

Déborah Monin, France

debo_monin — 2016-11-16 15:55:23 UTC

Déborah Monin

debo_monin — 2016-11-16 15:55:26 UTC

In my classroom, I give roles to every student. One is the time keeper, another is the only one which can ask me questions, there is a secretary and a noise keeper. They really like it and I give a score for their work in the group.

Paulo, Portugal

trindade_paulo — 2016-11-17 01:29:55 UTC

Sometimes I do work in pairs or small group to put in practice collaborative learning. I think the most important is to clearly inform the students about the rules and objectives of the work and what is expected.

Francesca, Italy

11effemme — 2016-11-17 07:48:07 UTC

I work in classes made of different agers and levels. For example, the first and the second class of the primary school are always together in the room. So pupils experiment the collaboration very often, and they usually put their ideas together to resolve problems.

Joanna, Malta

arme1502 — 2016-11-17 18:01:45 UTC

This approach is so holistic. I loved watching his class and the comfort of how they expressed themselves. I wish i can inspire my students in this manner. I do give space to my students to work in groups and share ideas. I also encourage students to help each other and allow them to explain to each other what they have understood.

Andrea, Raccagni

andrearaccagni8 — 2016-11-18 08:35:41 UTC

I have started from last year to introduce group and pair works in my weekly activity.
I schedule three lessons monthly, based on pair work (once at week) and one lesson on cooperative learning group work (the remaining week of the month), in which I also assign roles within the group (quality control manager, paperboy, lawyer, doctor). I have been setting the groups randomly, with the use of this software https://www.randomlists.com/team-generator.
At the end of the lesson I check some pupils' work in order to give an assessment, and in the following lesson we discuss about the possible solutions of the problem assigned for the group activity.
When we end the cooperative learning session, we also discuss about the notes taken by the doctors, who have to analyze during the activity the behavior of the group and of all its components.

Lia, Italy

2016-11-18 11:14:26 UTC

I think that getting students to collaborate is a good idea. I usually create mixed groups to do exercise during my lessons. There is a leader, who has to explain, and from 1 to 3 children who have to understand the exercise. In this way students who are able to do exercise can share their strategies with students who have some problems. I observe that with this kind of job also student who usually doesn’t work... works! Bad students, sometimes, correct good students!

Tonia, Italy

tonianardella78 — 2016-11-18 18:34:31 UTC

When I watch videos like this, I'd like to work in a different country. I have a classroom in which I can not even place the desks in order to facilitate the collaborative learning. My reflection is that also environment is important when we have to organise social activities. I think collaborative works are very useful. I'd like to organise more, but I feel discourged because we lack "vital" space and good means to do a real interesting and significant work.

Concetta, Italy

concetta_drago — 2016-11-19 19:43:42 UTC

I usually use collaborative learning in classroom. Collaborative learning is a very important strategy to improve social skills but also to improve learning. With collaborative learning student play a central place in learning processes.

Jasna, Serbia

jasnamatematika — 2016-11-19 23:56:36 UTC

It's very hard to organize collaborative learning in the class of more then 30 students. When I make groups I mix students of different level of knowledge. They mostly like this kind of learning, but there is always few of them who lead and do the most of the tasks and some students who don't want to participate.

Ariana, Romania

ariana_vacaretu — 2016-11-20 07:25:56 UTC

I use a lot of pair & group work. Two strategies I mostly use are Thinking Aloud Pair Problem Solving and Think-Pair-Share. Using collaborative strategies in math lessons is important as students have the chance to talk about math and their thinking process ..... and this may support us addressing the diversity of learners in the classroom.

2016-11-20 10:14:50 UTC

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Ásta - Iceland

astaola — 2016-11-20 11:00:53 UTC

This was a very good video from Willard. Working together on math is very important and the language of math is not used in social communication if they are not allowed to use it in communication. My students love to work on group projects and present it for the class. They find it more related to the self than sit by their table and doing arithmetic.

Kairi, Estonia

2016-11-20 13:45:46 UTC

I teach math in very small classes and all of my students must work together. For group work I don't have to do extra activietes.

Antonietta, Italy

aamore — 2016-11-20 14:28:34 UTC

I think collaborative learning in the classroom is a very important strategy to improve both social skills and learning. For this reason I often assign works to do in team of 3-4 students in my classroom.

At the end of the lesson I check some student’s work in order to give an assessment and discuss about the possible solutions of the problem assigned for the group activity.

Roberta, Italy

roberta_fantini — 2016-11-20 14:52:51 UTC

I think the cooperative learning is crucial to develop skills: mathematical, social and civic skills. It is important to organize the groups and the space well, heterogeneous grupos or homogeneous groups according to need. It is important to give a role to each member of the group: to encourage participation, to promote the inclusion and motivation. Some roles tha I Often attribute: strategist, supporter, spokeman.. I often ask members of the group come up with a name for the group and a logo. PW~ �a')

Katerina Atmatzidou, Greece

user_1412487490 — 2016-11-20 16:27:11 UTC

Collaborative learning is for sure much more effective. I am not sure that can do something like that in my class. I teach Math to students who are going to have national exams at the end of the year and the curriculum is very difficult to follow.Students and teachers are in a great pressure to be in a specific point every month. Collaboration need time.
But... I have another class in Algebra for younger students.
I even evaluate them in groups! Last week they had a test in groups. Theyare not familliar in this evaluation. Collaboration is the tool to learn in a different way, appreciate different way of thinking, develop creativity and work ethics and, above all, learn to work well with others to achieve same goal.

Elena, Romania

lenuta_chis — 2016-11-21 13:54:09 UTC

Cooperative learning is a way that you really like my students. Classes furniture is mobile, it can be easily arranged. I formed the group, usually 4-6 students. Each group has the same theme. Finally showing product groups. It makes "gallery tour" students make assessments on products from other teams.

Tatjana/Italy

tatjanapiccolin — 2016-11-21 14:41:51 UTC

My kids often work in groups because:
- they like working togheter, rather than working alone;
- they share ideas and come more easily to a solution;
- everyone has to take part to the job, but if someone is in difficulty, they know that they can count on a classmate to finish the work;
- the process is as much as important as the final result, and work in groups helps this through verbalisation.

Eleni, Greece

2016-11-21 18:58:12 UTC

I think that collaboration is a quality that is taught and most children in Greece haven’t learned to work together as a team. They misbehave, they talk too loud, best students solve the problem quickly to show that they know, while lazy students don’t bother at all. It’s more difficult and tiring for a teacher to do this, so we prefer the traditional teaching most of the time. I use collaboration and team work mostly on activities, like outdoor ones, or watching a video and discuss about it, or making a small project, but, for the most time, I use traditional methods. I must say I have to try harder and teach them that way of learning!

Michela, Italy

fassetta_m79 — 2016-11-21 20:46:36 UTC

In my opinion collaboration among the students is basilar for learning. In my classroom I have a lot of stranger students, so I often use the tutoring or cooperative learning to obtain good results. The students meet each other and understand different cultures or methodologies.

Alice - Italy

wonderlittleali — 2016-11-22 06:40:40 UTC

I often ask students to work in small groups or pairs to make math exercises . In this way they can help each other or tutoring each other.
This teach them to work in group.
One problem is that if they they work with someone a little bossy they fell stupid. It's important that they work with someone they can trust and with who they can share their doubts without problems.

Zeljka, Croatia

mravak57 — 2016-11-22 09:25:20 UTC

I think that collaboration i s good way to raise the students social skills and self-confidence as well as their knowledge. I try to use better students to help others and its opportunity for them to renew their knowledge and not to be bored. The same way they can get help in other situations so nobody feels ignorant or less worthy

Lucia G, Italy

lucyteach1 — 2016-11-22 17:03:59 UTC

Maths learning and Social Skills learning can deeply support each other . I believe children need to build up their knowledge and competences only by collaborating and sharing their ideas and strategies, according to their different levels of abilities. I use lot of group/pair- work in maths class, afterwards each child share his/her ideas which are discussed together. At the end of the discussion all the ideas are displayed on a poster where ideas are explicated using children's words on one side and MAths Language on the other side.

María, Spain

2016-11-22 20:48:56 UTC

I strongly believe in the importance of developing Social Skills in order to be able to learn anything from any subject. Apart from the interaction that I have with my students when building a new piece of knowledge, I usually recommend them to work in pairs. I organised the seats at the begining of the course according to their language and maths abilities so they can help each other. Sometimes they act as teachers so the have to explain something for the rest of us.

Ildiko,Romania

2016-11-23 08:42:11 UTC

When students work in teams get good results.

Carolina, Italy

carolina_biscos — 2016-11-23 14:57:48 UTC

I'm agree with the idea presented in the video that only by getting students to collaborate we can address the diversity of learners in the classroom. But I think also that the students need a time for individual work after the social activities.

Fishbowl is a fantastic idea!!!

MARIA RITA, SICILY

mrseminerio — 2016-11-23 18:28:32 UTC

My pupils often work in pairs during Math lesson, first of all for solving problems. They collaborate during Cooperative learning so they can help their classmates having different ability in Math.

Alessandra Italy

alessandra_bass — 2016-11-23 20:12:51 UTC

I totally agree with the i

Alessandra Italy

alessandra_bass — 2016-11-23 20:12:55 UTC

I totally agree with the kin

Alessandra Italy

alessandra_bass — 2016-11-23 20:12:55 UTC

I totally agree with the kind o

Alessandra Italy

alessandra_bass — 2016-11-23 20:12:56 UTC

I totally agree with the

Alessandra Italy

alessandra_bass — 2016-11-23 20:13:05 UTC

I totally agree with the

Alessandra Italy

alessandra_bass — 2016-11-23 20:13:28 UTC

I totally agree with the idea and kind of activities introduced in the video. I use collaborative work in my class and the largest part of the time is used to understand how it works, the rules for working in group. At the beginning it is really difficult, but when it starts to become a routine, you see all the advantages; students can use their specific abilities to bring thir contribute in the group and they really enjoy to have success together. the atmosphere in the class is nice and exciting.

Donato, Ital

donatopiccinino — 2016-11-24 14:00:57 UTC

I totally agree with this beautiful idea

Work in pairs

filomena_mazzarella2 — 2016-11-25 16:23:09 UTC

I'm not completely agree with this project because sometimes maybe a few children, need to improve their knowledge by themselves. otherwise it'is important introduce cooperative learning,or work in pairs activities during while children can express their abilities and creativity. a risk of the cooperative learning consist of breaking the rules, and allow some children step over others. I prefer peer education and learning discovering.

Ralia, Greece

rallouthoma — 2016-11-26 09:18:20 UTC

great idea not only for teaching maths as a social activity but also for developping mathematical thinking through students explanations!

Arminda Pereira, Portugal

armindapereira1 — 2016-11-26 17:50:45 UTC

The European Union has set five ambitious objectives on employment, innovation, education, social inclusion and climate / energy, to be achieved by 2020. The School has a fundamental role in promoting multilingualism and the development of skills that help students belong and participate in society. Students should have an open mind to lead the initiatives to facilitate their employability, promotion of the economy and the regiment by values that lead to sustainable growth and peace.

It is necessary to develop creativity, communication skills, collaboration, digital skills, critical thinking and personal and social responsibility. The development of these skills can be achieved in various ways among which fits the job based on collaborative projects involving schools from different parts of the world, stimulating the development of an awareness of "world citizenship".

Educational experiences that are active, social, contextual, engaging, and student-owned lead to deeper learning. The benefits of collaborative learning include:

· Development of higher-level thinking, oral communication, self-management, and leadership skills.

· Promotion of student-faculty interaction.

· Increase in student retention, self-esteem, and responsibility.

· Exposure to and an increase in understanding of diverse perspectives.

· Preparation for real life social and employment situations.

In my classes I have all kinds of students, with very different Math skills. So I try to use that as positive factor and I always ask students to help and oversee their table colleague.

adriana mihaila BRAILA

eloma_juliana — 2016-11-27 18:17:34 UTC

I chose to become a teacher. not because of the growing demands of standardized testing, the race to cover content, or the long work hours with little pay. You chose to become a teacher because of the connection you feel to your students. Beyond the daily academic expectations, you understand that a child’s social and emotional an greatly impact their academic achievement.

Antonia, Greece

pantonia65 — 2017-10-24 19:17:22 UTC

From the begging of working of my students I have tried to inspire them to work as a team so we made an agreement and we wrote down all the factors that contribute to the collaborative learning; not only in math, but in all subjects. Certainly it isn’t so easy to make it but I try to embedded collaborative strategies activities in my classroom.

2021-06-23 03:40:36 UTC