• Learning by small group of

students who work together

in a common learning task.

• Group Learning

• Common Goal

• Interdependence

• Interaction

• Individual Accountability

• Social Skills

• Encourages active learning, while

motivating students;

• Increases academic performance;

• Promotes literacy and language

skills;

• Improves teacher effectiveness;

• When student works with

computers in groups, they

cluster and interact with each

other for advice and mutual

help.

•Psychologists think that

computer fosters a

positive social behavior.

• Researchers agree that the

computer is a fairly natural

learning vehicle for

cooperative learning.

• Assigning students to

mixed-ability teams;

• Establishing positive

interdependence;

• Teaching cooperative

social skills;

• Insuring individual

accountability;

• Helping groups process

information.