STAD (Student Teams
Achievement Division)
Definition:
STAD is one of three strategies under the umbrella of
Student Learning Teams developed at Johns Hopkins University based on years of
research on cooperative learning. In STAD, students study with 4-5 team members
following a teacher presentation. Students take quizzes individually to
demonstrate how much they have learned. The individual quiz scores are summed
to form a team score, and teams are rewarded for their performance. Teams are
made up of students with varying academic abilities, genders, and race. The
entire cycle of activities, from teacher presentation to team practice to quiz,
usually takes three to five class periods. STAD has been used in a wide variety
of subjects, from math to language arts to social studies, and has been used
from grade 2 through college. It is most appropriate for teaching well-defined
objectives with single right answers, such as specific locational
characteristics in geography and some map skills, knowledge of events in
history, and principles of economics or government.
Steps:
See Slavin, Robert E. (1990) Cooperative Learning:
Theory, Research, and Practice.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
When To Use:
STAD can be used in any part of the lesson.
Johns Hopkins University
3505 North Charles St.
Baltimore, MD21218
410-516-8857
www.ed.gov/pub/EPTW/eptw10/eptw10u.html
Costa, Arthur, Bellanca, James, and Fogarty, Robin., Editors.(1992).
If Minds Matter: A Forward to the Future Vol. II.Palatine, IL:
IRI/Skylight Publishers
Slavin, Robert E. (1990) Cooperative Learning: Theory,
Research, and
Practice.Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall. Stahl,
Robert J., and Van Sickle, Ronald L., Editors. (1992).Cooperative
Learning in the Social Studies Classroom.Washington, DC: National Council for the Social Studies.
Because of the specific nature of STAD, examples of lessons
were not available for publication in this handbook.