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===A package has been left on your front porch. You have 10 minutes from the time you open it to answer the following questions correctly without using the internet. If you do so, you win $1,000,000. (Ok, so we are pretending here, but try to imagine this is for real!) Use this timer to keep up with your 10 minutes. ===

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===Here are your questions, and yes, you really have to answer them to complete this web quest. Be sure to number your questions and write your answers down. Don't forget to use the timer. You have 10 minutes! ===

10. What is the birthplace of the Olympic Games?
===Ok, so how did you do? Were you able to finish in ten minutes on your own? Would you have been more successful if you had've enlisted the help of someone else? Or did you find yourself more successful because you got help from a friend? === ===The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate the need for collaboration with others. We cannot always be successful on our own. There are times in which we would greatly benefit from having someone else's knowledge to contribute to our goals, opinions, and tasks. Collaboration, or what is known in the realm of education as cooperative learning, is a very beneficial strategy that provides learners with new perspectives, ideas, and a platform to provide input and receive feedback. ===

The following cyber hunt will provide you with research regarding cooperative learning and how it benefits readers.
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**8. Why is it important to assign roles to students in cooperative learning groups? **
===**9. In light of the information in this article regarding assessment, do you feel that the ability to assess cooperative learning activities is easier than you originally thought possible? **===

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===10. What are ways to diffuse problem situations that may arise within cooperative learning groups, such as groups that do not get along and loud groups? ===

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===13. Look at the table on the website. Who are some of the theorists associated with the history of cooperative learning, and what are their theories? ===

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===<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿ ﻿ Now that you have plenty of research to support cooperative learning and ideas for implementation in the reading classroom, design a reading lesson/activity that you can use with your own students involving the use of cooperative learning. Be sure to include information on how you will assess your students. ===

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=<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Summary: = ===<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In conclusion, cooperative learning is a strategy which is beneficial to students and is research-based. Theorists such as Dewey, Freire, Vygotsky, Piaget and researcher, Spencer Kagan, all support the use of cooperative learning groups in both educational settings and in the real world. The strategy is most successful when effective cooperative learning responsibilities and behaviors are modeled for students by the teacher. Cooperative learning fosters responsibility and positive social skills. ===

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