Positive Interdependence

With positive interdependence, the students either sink or swim together!Positive Interdependence is a key component of helpful learning. Positive Interdependence basically implies that the students must cooperate to accomplish the objective. This may imply that the ability of every student has supplements the gifts of alternate students inside the gathering so the gathering may adequately bolster one another. At the point when students are occupied with exercises that require positive interdependence, if one student neglects to do his/her part, all group will fail. 

Here are some ideas for developing activities that promote positive interdependence.

• Student Roles: Specific roles are assigned; each individual is responsible to complete part of the task in order to reach the success of the whole group.

• Peer Review:  Constructive feedback is provided by students on other's assignments.

• Group Project:  Students work together to finish and reach the goal. Each student must be able to explain the concept behind the project.

• Divide Materials: The student groups divide the content with each student taking a separate section of the materials.  The students then summarize the materials and share an overview of the information with the rest of the group.

• Task or Steps Division:  The students are each given a task or step to complete.  Each step or task must be completed to achieve the final outcome.

• Common Goal: The group works together to develop a common goal or plan for the mastery of the learning standards for the unit of instruction.