Is Cooperative Learning Cooperative?

It is important to be skillful and knowledgeable, but it is equally necessary to have the ability and approach of an effective cooperative worker, able and willing to contribute our share of knowledge and skills expected in a team-working environment. We are often thrown into situations where, in some way or the other, we tend to seek the support of those whom we believe could help us reach our target making matters easier for us. No matter what kind of profession we belong to, there is always a necessity to be cooperative in nature. Working together by distributing our knowledge and work, understanding and supporting our coworkers, organizing the steps of actions to be taken, identifying and negotiating the problems, thereby constructing an ideal cooperative environment to operate, paves way for positive outcomes. This paper examines the impact of cooperative strategy on large classes and tries to explore the common instructional problems associated with cooperative teaching.