Strategies that assign roles to each member are called?

• A. Structural
• B. Cooperative
• C. Authentic
• D. Register

Answer: (B)

Assigning roles to each group member is a hallmark of cooperative learning. In this approach, students work in small teams on shared tasks and take on specific responsibilities, such as facilitator, recorder, timekeeper, or presenter. These roles structure the collaboration, ensure everyone contributes, and build accountability for the group’s outcome. By distributing tasks, learners practice communication, decision-making, and collaboration, while the teacher can monitor progress more effectively.

Other ideas describe related classroom organization or task design, but don’t capture the idea of using role distribution as the primary strategy. Structural focuses on how the task or group is arranged, rather than assigning roles within the group. Authentic emphasizes tasks that mirror real-life contexts, which may involve roles but isn’t the label for this role-based collaboration approach. Register deals with language formality and isn’t about collaboration strategies.