rformers to one table, the middle performers to another table and so on. To keep the level of competition up and so students do not always compete against the same players the winner of each table is moved to the next highest performing table. The players with fewer points move to the next lower table. The students are not told which is the high performing table and which is not they are simply told that the competitions are fair. As with STAD each player at a tournament table is playing for the benefit of the base group. Students earn points for their respective teams and also earn the right to get the rewards that come with earning the most points. These are five of the high-quality cooperative learning strategies I picked up during my cooperative education class. There are many more out there and I intend to do more research and learn more about cooperative learning, but in the mean time I will put these ways of using cooperative education to good use in my fieldwork and during my student teaching....
