Provide students a group structure in which to learn, making students responsible for the learning of all members of the group. Teachers need to carefully determine how cooperative learning activities are assessed. Students learn the value of teamwork and quality control. On individual slips of paper, provide students with characteristics of a particular concept. Have students place the characteristics under the appropriate category, indicating whether or not the concept has each characteristic.
Students learn the parts of a concept, using logic to identify the characteristics.
This strategy assists them in developing skills for lifelong learning. The number of students may vary but no more than eight students per team are recommended. The person in the center is the only one who can talk. Others can move to the center chair by the person in the center tapping someone or someone from the outside circle tapping the person in the center. Students learn to better listen, and all students get an opportunity to talk.