This also reduced time in handing out and collecting in booklets, as well as helping me to identify the areas of the classroom. Each of the following cooperative learning structures were developed by spencer kagan. A second primary source for kagan structures is multiple intelligences. Kagan shares many different structures that can be used during various stages of a lesson. In many of the structures, we can differentiate the level, and even the type of learning so student pairs can work at the appropriate level of difficulty. Kagan catalog products by type kagan books kagan publishing. The structural approach to coop erative learning is based on the creation, analysis, and system atic application of structures, or con. This new book presents todays most successful cooperative learning methods. By implementing kagan structures in her classroom, she witnessed the miracle of. For example, during rallycoach each pair can be working on either different content or different levels of difficulty of the same content. Find someone who people hunt see classbuilding book for various structures students circulate through the classroom forming and reforming pairs, trying to find someone who has a similarity with them or someone who knows an answer to a questionproblem. On reading kagan cooperative learning by dr s kagan and m kagan, published by kagan publishing i realised that this is where many of the key strategies i. Kagan structures are classroom activity structures. This growing bundle contains one of each of my kagan structure posters with a maori themed background.
Great activities to implement into any lesson to increase pupil engagement and interaction. Central to most kagan publications and workshops are kagan structures. In the book kagan cooperative learning the author mentions many different structures without explaining them. Each team receives a set of index cards with a text feature name on each card and an informational text. He finally concedes that he will have to have a separate book just on structures. Cooperative learning kagan structures cooperative learning is beneficial for multiple reasons. A quick reference to structures and potential uses structure brief description potential uses visual carousel feedback rotation viewing of team projects feedback form midway point or finished project sharing. Problem solving, discussion work, revision etc, what are the benefits to using kagan cooperative learning. The kagan cards are for use in class to prompt different and interesting cooperative learning styles.
In the multiple intelligences book, there are simple. Structures create equal participation, which means all students are engaged a much greater percent of the time. Kagan structures create a cooperative and caring class tone by putting students on the same side as they interact in pairs, small teams, and with classmates. They can use cards to identify which skills are being used, and then question prompts can help them demonstrate knowledge at different levels. Teacher selects one student on each team to be the showdown captain for the first round.
Spencer kagan has 34 books on goodreads with 1571 ratings. Thirtysix structures and descriptions are listed in the. Book includes 15 different sets on needtoknow primary math content. Realised teachers were busy people, dr kagan put all the research into creating generic. Buy products related to kagan structures books and see what customers say about kagan. Kagan cooperative learning strategies definitely have their merit, teaching students to work together and use critical thinking. Curriculum and instruction kagan cooperative learning. This is the third book in the kagan structures series. A cooperative learning approach not group work devised by american educator spencer kagan who came up with over 200 different structures. Determine how adding depth and complexity to daily lessons will result in long term learning. How do the kagan structures address differentiation.
In this musthave kagan reference guide, you get 59 stepbystep kagan structures youll use time and time again. These revolutionary teaching methods empower you to create an unparalleled level of student engagement. Kagan has developed what he has labeled the structural approach to cooperative learning. One of the items is different than the other three. Structures at a glance stand up, hand up, pair up mix pair share rallyrobin rallytable rallycoach simultaneous rallytable quizquiztrade timed pair share single roundrobin continuous roundrobin all write roundrobin timed roundrobin standnshare fan. Kagan publishing and professional development is all about engagement. Teacher prepares a worksheet or problems, or questions for students. In classrooms where these strategies are used, students for whom english is a second language learn both english and academic content far more quickly and thoroughly than when traditional strategies are used. Showdown captain draws the top card and reads the question. It gives students the opportunity to teach and learn from one another. Structures create equal participation, which means all students are engaged a much greater percentage of the time.
More information about kagans cooperative learning structures can be found at. Success stories from schools using kagan structures for their classroom. This is the simplest of all cooperative learning structures. Participants thank sage for sharing knowledge and return to teams. This activity is a great way for students to understand different points of view on topics. A starting point for kagan cooperative learning gavin clowes he idea, which became the essential 5, came from a great friend and fellow national kagan trainer. Gavin clowes heads up kagan uk, an organization dedicated to bringing kagan structures and methods to united kingdom teachers and schools. Teacher poses a question or topic for brainstorming. I bought this book expecting that this was going to be the explanation of the 200 plus structures.
Teammates try to find which of the three statements is the fiction. The structure function table here illustrates that. Eric ej659455 kagan structures for english language. Highlights kagan structures, easytolearn, easytouse cooperative learning instructional strategies that promote second language learning. Betterlessons unique formula allows us to bring you highquality coaching, a professional learning lab, and a learnbydoing process that embeds pd into the classroom.
They began with the academic research into collaborative learning 30 years ago and broke away because the methods proposed worked but were overly cumbersome and took a great deal of time to plan. Structures create equal participation which means all students are engaged a much greater percent of the time. Take your hr comms to the next level with prezi video. Question cards are stacked in center of the team table. Kagan catalog cooperative learning kagan publishing. Teacher resource for cooperative learning, differentiated instruction, multiple. Kagans structures are one of the easiest ways to begin using cooperative learning. Cooperative learning structures teaching resources. He promotes different structures and processes for organizing students to work together.
Kagan has developed many different intervention strategies structures that teachers can use in the classroom. See more ideas about cooperative learning, kagan structures and cooperative learning strategies. Kagan structures are revolutionary teaching strategies. Those kagan structures, and many more, are now used worldwide. Students achieve remarkable academic gains and acquire a range of social skills. Kagan cooperative learning structures have revolutionized the way tens of thousands of teachers teach. Kagans cooperative structures background and purposes. Kagan cooperative learning structures teacher leaders from across the district and in each building have been trained in kagan structures for use in the classroom and inturn have continued building capacity with the teachers in the district, k12, on effective uses of kagan cooperative learning strategies for all students. Spencer kagan the structural approach to cooperative learning teachers who are well versed in a variety of team structures can create skillful lessons that engage and enlighten their students. Once you are familiar with kagan structures, you may decide on a different set of structures. Spencer kagans most popular book is cooperative learning. Kagan cooperative learningstructures for success part 2. There are many well documented and researched benefits to kagan cooperative learning. Because they create an unparalleled level of student engagement.
The minibook version of the worldwide best seller, kagan cooperative. There will be more to come so the price will go up as more posters are added. There are different structures for different things, e. In kagans product catalog, you will find books, smartcards, software. I hope you find the list useful, and of course it goes without saying, i rely on you using this list as a springboard to accessing and learning much, much more about kagan structures in the future. It would be a wonderful teaching strategy if we were all third graders. Youve probably heard of some popular kagan structures including numbered heads together, timed pair share, rallyrobin, and quizquiztrade. This structure is adapted with permission from the book, kagan cooperative learning, published by kagan pub lishing. Teammates write three statementsproblemssentences with punctuationhistory factsetc two true. The idea is to mix up group work so its not always in the same format.
The primary source for kagan structures is cooperative learning kagan, 1994 here you will find a description of well over 100 kagan structures, when to use them, how to adapt them for use with english language learners. Kagan has developed over 200 such structures that deal with students misbehaving in the classroom and how a teacher should respond to it. See more ideas about cooperative learning, cooperative learning strategies and teaching strategies. Kagan has been featured in the leading educational magazines including educational leadership, instructor, learning magazine, and video journal. Structures ensure every student is individually accountable so no one can hide and take a free ride.
How to implement best practices using kagan cooperative learning structures. That is the beauty of these tools they allow you, the teacher, to. You can see a slideshow of students involved in various. Kagan institutes are extremely practical, handson classes packed with great ideas all grounded in sound research and theory.
This also reduced time in handing out and collecting in booklets, as well as helping me to identify the areas of the. For example, rally robin is the name given to the structure in which the teacher poses a problem to which there are many possible responses or solutions, and students, working in pairs, take turns to state to their partner a possible solution or response. A bundle of maori themed kagan structures posters browse over 60 educational resources created by a wandering woman teaches in the official teachers pay teachers store. A poster to remind both the children and yourself how to use the structures in simple easy to follow steps.
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