Cooperative learning is an educational methodology based on
working in small and usually heterogeneous groups, in which students
work together to expand or hone their own skills and those of other
group members (Johnson, Johnson & Holubec, 1 999; Velázquez, 201 0).
We would like to emphasize the key point of the definition, which
characterizes cooperative learning and differentiates it from group work:
the concern of every member of the team, not only about himself or the
task at hand but also concerning each of his peers. Metzler (2011 , p.227) defines it as a methodology in which “students learn with, from
and for their peers”. Besides, it is included among the eight models of
instruction applied in P. E. which he considers, as he pointed out, more
than a model itself; cooperative learning involves a set of teaching
strategies implying its own defining characteristics.