Individual accountability:

Individual accountability will be shown among group members through:

1)      Success: The main aim behind cooperative learning is to allow students to have and experience success. Success will be achieved when all members understand the topic and complete the task given in a specified time. The fastest group which is able to meet the given criteria is the winning group.  

2)      Concern: all groups should answer the given questions that the teacher gave at the beginning of the session (what is the mode of reproduction in the mentioned topics? The number of eggs? And the stages?)

Teacher also has to move around the room so that students will more likely be concerned about participating in the lesson.

When the students expect something enjoyable when they accomplish their goal (joke and extra points on their exam)

Time also increases their concern to complete the given task.

(The teacher should not help since their concern will be reduced but rather she can give cues to encourage them in order not to be frustrated.

3)      Interest: students will find difficulty in differentiating between reproduction in mammals, birds, flowers & insect. Once they were divided in groups they will be interested by the role that was assigned to them.

4)      Meaning: Activities in this cooperative learning are appropriate to real life situation (laying eggs, pictures of mammals, flowers and birds). The teacher should tell the students that the topic of reproduction is a real concept that ensures the continuity of life. She should also tell them that human is a mammal that we should know about his reproduction. Birds flowers and insects are found in our life so it is something interesting to know about their reproduction.

5)      Knowledge of results: Teachers should give a direct, specific and immediate feedback upon task completion not before. This feedback will motivate the students. Teachers also should praise all groups not only the winning one.

6)      Positive feeling tone: At first the teacher should have positive expectation which suits the level of students. She should show the students that she believes in their abilities to finish the task as well as she should teach them the social skills (listening, talking in a low voice, and disagreeing in an agreeable way) so that the students will interact with one another in a positive way.