Deck 20: Cooperative Skills

Question 1

Cooperative activities provide students the opportunity to apply a variety of fundamental motor skills in a unique setting.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Cooperative activities teach children the personal and social skills necessary to function in daily life.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Cooperative activities allow students to learn that all students are important, that everyone has similarities and differences, and that all students can assume a role that contributes to the group's effort to accomplish the common goal.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Cooperative activities provide opportunities for students to work with classmates they may have never worked with before.

Question 5

Cooperative activities allow only a few students to contribute and experience success.

Question 6

Providing students with the activities without introduction and summary is appropriate.

Question 7

In order to encourage individuality and maximize the effectiveness of cooperative activities teachers should "set the stage".

Question 8

Only the essential information is given during the first step of introducing cooperative activities.

Question 9

Debriefing may be the most important component in effectively implementing cooperative activities.

Question 10

Group challenges are designed to place students in a familiar situation that requires some form of cooperation.

Question 11

For Developmental Level II, basic cooperative skills such as sharing, listening, and individual or partner decision-making are taught throughout the curriculum.

Question 12

Parachute activities are generally confined to the primary grades.

Question 13

The Shaking the Rug parachute activity involves large movements that send billows of cloth up and down.

Question 14

Which of the following terms is NOT used interchangeably?

A) cooperative learning
B) adventure education
C) non-traditional
D) team building

Question 15

Cooperative activities help teach all of the following social skills EXCEPT:

A) initiative.
B) teamwork.
C) conflict resolution.
D) decision making.

Question 16

Negative outcomes can result from using cooperative activities if:

A) students are not allowed to finish a task.
B) a series of concluding questions is not used.
C) monitoring takes place.
D) time is not emphasized.

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT an appropriate question to help "set the stage"?

A) What is the challenge?
B) Do you want some guidance?
C) What are the rules?
D) Are there any safety issues that need to be addressed?

Question 18

Facilitation includes the following EXCEPT:

A) stepping back and observing.
B) letting the students work.
C) answering questions.
D) giving advice.

Question 19

Students share experiences during which step of cooperative activities?

A) facilitation
B) debriefing
C) setting the stage
D) monitoring

Question 20

Group challenges are created to:

A) be accomplished alone.
B) place students in a familiar situation.
C) cooperate with others.
D) reduce individual effort.

Question 21

Parachutes can provide an interesting means for accomplishing all of the following EXCEPT:

A) mile run times.
B) movement concepts.
C) team work.
D) locomotor skill practice.

Question 22

What are the two primary objectives that guide the teaching of cooperative activities?

Question 23

Explain how cooperative activities have a positive impact on social skills.

Question 24

What are the steps teachers can use to encourage individuality and maximize the effectiveness of cooperative activities?