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Energizing Learning: The Instructional Power of Conflict
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Johnson, David W.; Johnson, Roger T. – Educational Researcher, 2009
Although intellectual conflict may be an important instructional tool (because of its potential constructive outcomes), conflict is rarely structured in instructional situations (because of its potential destructive outcomes). Many educators may be apprehensive about instigating intellectual conflict among students because of the lack of…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Conflict Resolution, Social Sciences, Outcomes of Education