TEACHER AND STUDENT-EVALUATIONS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND OBSERVED INTERACTIVE BEHAVIORS

Teachers' use and evaluation of cooperative group learning were examin ed in this study, along with students' reactions to working in groups and their verbal interactive behaviors during group activities. Teache rs and students reported that cooperative learning occurs in their cla ssrooms almost every day, with many positive academic, social, and att itude outcomes. No evidence was found to link evaluations of cooperati ve learning to overall effectiveness of implementation. Observations s howed that the majority of student interactions were directly related to teaching and learning. Behaviors such as listening to another stude nt or watching a student demonstrate how to complete a task occurred m ost frequently during group activities.