Not only does this help individuals learn but
those individuals are also actively engaged in helping others learn as well
(Dietz, 1993). There is some interdependence in this type of experience
and this helps all of the members of the group to utilize their own
knowledge and the knowledge of others to achieve a common goal (Dietz,
1993). Each individual in the group must do their fair share of the work
and accountability is very important for each individual (Dietz, 1993).
This can be measured in various ways but it is an important component of
cooperative learning regardless of how the measure of it is taken (Dietz,
Developing the right type of communication skills and social skills is
necessary in order to complete the task and help everyone learn what it is
that they need to learn from the course (Dietz, 1993). Another issue that
is still within cooperative learning is a processing of different things
that have occurred within the group as they have dealt with the learning
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