In Cooperative Learning Cooperative learning is an instructional format in which students work together in small groups to complete a task or achieve a goal. Students work together on common tasks or learning activities that are best handled through group work. Students work together in small groups containing two to five members. Students use cooperative, pro-social behavior to accomplish their common tasks or learning activities.
Students are positively interdependent.
Activities are structured so that students need each other to accomplish their common tasks or learning activities. Students are individually accountable or responsible for their work or learning. Students' interaction and engagement with objects in science investigations are regular features in undergraduate and graduate classes. Effective classroom environments are created through working together. ASU instructors guide and facilitate investigations in methods of inquiry and in correct and appropriate manipulative techniques.