Through cooperative learning strategies students are not too dependent on the teacher, but can increase confidence in ability to think for themselves, find information from various sources, and learn from other students.

Cooperative learning strategies to develop the ability to express ideas tau ideas with words verbally and compare it with other people’s ideas.

Cooperative learning strategies can help children to respect others and be aware of its limitations and accept all the difference.

Cooperative learning strategies can help to empower each student to take more responsibility in learning.

Cooperative learning strategies is a powerful enough strategy to improve academic achievement as well as social skills, including the development of self esteem, positive interpersonal relationships with others, develop a skill set the time, and a positive attitude toward school.

Through cooperative learning strategies to develop students’ ability to test ideas and understanding, to receive feedback. Students can practice solving problems without fear of making mistakes, because the decisions made are the responsibility of the group.

Cooperative learning strategies can enhance students’ ability to use information and the ability to learn abstract becomes real.

Interaction during the cooperative operation may increase the motivation and stimulus for thought.

Limitations of Cooperative Learning Strategies

To understand and appreciate the philosophy of cooperative learning strategies it takes time.
The main features of cooperative learning strategies is that students learn from each other. Therefore, if there are no friends to learn effectively, compared with direct instruction from the teacher, there may be ways to learn that so what should be learned and understood is never achieved by the students.

Assessment given in the cooperative learning strategy based on the results of group work. However, teachers need to be aware that actual results or performance is expected of each individual student achievement.

The success of cooperative learning strategies in a marshy develop awareness groups require a long period of time. And this may not be achieved only with a one-time or occasional application of this strategy.

Although the ability to work together is a very important ability of students separately, but many activities in life skills based solely on an individual basis. Therefore, ideally through cooperative learning strategies in addition to students learning to work together, students also must learn how to build self-confidence.