The cooperative learning approach is the instructional use of small groups where students can work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning(What Is Cooperative Learning? — Cooperative Learning Institute, n.d.). In other words, students work cooperatively to accomplish shared goals. The key to cooperative learning is to ensure that the group of students is staying on task as students may get off topic instead of working together in a social setting. Moreover, classes do not usually begin with cooperative learning as students have not focused on the class subject yet. Instead, students will pay more attention and focus if the topic was introduced before cooperative learning through completing a quick worksheet, setting g goals for the class period or anything that helps a student think about the topic(Zook, n.d.). The wrap-up of cooperative learning usually ends as student groups present their results to one another to allow a class-wide discussion and ideas that may have never been considered by other groups to be heard(Zook, n.d.). Cooperative learning would not be the best alignment with the topic chosen by our group as we would like to engage the instructor more with the learning process. Because our topic is related to health, it is important that they have a clear understanding of the definition of the disease and the causes of the disease. Cooperative learning will not be the best for providing accurate information on defining diseases.  In addition, is it crucial to develop students’ curiosity about the topic they form so that students will conduct research and answer the question due to curiosity. The learning approach that best aligns with our topic would be inquiry based-learning where students are encouraged to ask questions, conduct research and explore new ideas(Scholl & Scholl, 2023). Taking the example from our topic “How does insomnia affect a person’s health”, it requires students to conduct research, review different articles and develop critical thinking on what information is appropriate and applies to the topic.

 

Scholl, A., & Scholl, A. (2023). What Is Inquiry-Based Learning? Types, Benefits, Examples. SplashLearn Blog – Educational Resources for Parents, Teachers & Kids. https://www.splashlearn.com/blog/what-is-inquiry-based-learning-a-complete-overview/

What is Cooperative Learning? — Cooperative Learning Institute. (n.d.). Cooperative Learning Institute. http://www.co-operation.org/what-is-cooperative-learning

Zook, C. (n.d.). What Is Cooperative Learning and How Does It Work? Applied-Educational-Systems. https://www.aeseducation.com/blog/what-is-cooperative-learning-and-how-does-it-work

 

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