Answer to Question #324248 in English for Zamo

Question

How will learners benefit from the use of cooperative learning and what could be challenges associated with the use of cooperative learning as a teaching strategy. Elaborate on five challenges and five benefits

Answer 1

Benefits of cooperative learning are:

.When students are working toward a common goal, academic work becomes an activity valued by peers.

• Students are motivated to help one another learn.
• Students are able to translate the teacher's language into "student language" for one another.
• Students who explain to one another strengthen their own learning.
• When students need to organize their thoughts in order to explain them to teammates, they must engage in thinking that builds on other ideas (cognitive elaboration) which greatly enhances their own understanding.
• Challenges of cooperative learning are; its reliance on a positive group dynamic to function at its highest efficiency, Conflict between individuals can diminish or stall a group’s ability to work together, which raises a significant problem when group members are too young to have fully formed conflict-resolution skills, Students often provide feedback in the form of evaluations or reviews on success of the teamwork experienced during cooperative learning experiences, and The fact that cooperative learning is such a dynamic practice means that it can not be used effectively in many situations.