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Wynne, Edward A.; Walberg, Herbert J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1994
Research has demonstrated that small groups exert powerful emotional influence on members. Learning group effectiveness in American schools is hindered by groups' short-lived character. Article recommends that American educators stress group persistence by keeping discrete groups of students and teachers together over long time periods, reorganize…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Cooperative Learning, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Novelli, Joan – Instructor, 1993
Describes how technology helped one elementary teacher meet the needs and celebrate the strengths of all his students in a mixed-ability-grouped, student-centered classroom. Technology allowed the children many more choices for different kinds of learning and helped them develop their individual strengths. (SM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Creative Teaching
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Clark, Irene L. – College Composition and Communication, 1993
Considers the role of the writing center within the context of a large writing program. Describes how the adoption of a portfolio system of grading at the University of Southern California focused attention on this issue. Narrates the changes brought about by the adoption of a portfolio assessment system. (HB)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Collaborative Writing, Cooperative Learning, English Curriculum
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Mevarech, Zemira R.; Susak, Ziva – Journal of Educational Research, 1993
Examined the effects of cooperative-mastery learning (CML) on student's questioning behavior, creativity, and achievement. Comparisons of controls and students trained to generate questions under CML, mastery learning, and cooperative learning (CL) indicated that CML and ML students scored higher on measures of higher order questioning skills and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Creativity, Elementary Education
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Leal, Dorothy J. – Reading Teacher, 1993
Discusses the major benefits that emerge for students and teachers when groups of six students discuss a book they are reading without teacher questions to structure and guide their interactions. Shows that books mixing narrative and exposition have the greatest potential to enhance student discussion. (SR)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Discussion Groups, Elementary Education
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Doolittle, Peter E. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 1997
Discusses integration of Lev Vygotsky's theory of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) with the instructional strategy of cooperative learning. ZPD provides a conceptual basis for explaining the five basic tenets of cooperative learning: positive interdependence; face-to-face interaction; individual accountability; small-group and interpersonal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning
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Taylor, Bridget A.; Levin, Len – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1998
A study examined effects of a tactile prompting device (the Gentle Reminder) as a prompt for a 9-year-old student with autism to make verbal initiations about play activities. Results indicate that the device serves as an effective, unobtrusive prompt for verbal initiations during play contexts and during cooperative learning activities.…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
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Johnson, Genevieve Marie – Preventing School Failure, 1999
Reviews effective inclusive teaching techniques, including multilevel instruction, activity-based and experiential learning, student-directed learning and self-determination, cooperative learning and peer collaboration, multiaged classrooms and heterogeneous grouping, individualized and adaptive instruction, teaching as facilitating student…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
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DeLong, Matthew; Winter, Dale – Primus, 1998
Identifies and analyzes some recurrent problems with the implementation of cooperative and active learning strategies. Addresses the use of questions, management of instructor-centered activities, management of in-class group activities, and relinquishing forms of control in the classroom. (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
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McBride, Ron E. – Clearing House, 1999
Reviews literature on critical thinking and physical education. Suggests that students in physical education classes are predisposed to critical thinking, but only in an environment that is carefully structured. Argues that teachers must shift from teacher-centered to more student-centered lessons. Discusses the role of the teacher, cooperative…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
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Swain, Julian; Monk, Martin; Johnson, Sally – International Journal of Science Education, 1999
Reports on the productivity of different modes of classroom talk: whole class, pair work, and individual. Pair work was shown to provide the most optimum conditions for participant effort and productivity of ideas; however, each type of talk offers distinct benefits to teachers and students. Contains 25 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Cooperative Learning, Foreign Countries, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
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Townsend, Michael A. R.; Moore, Dennis W.; Tuck, Bryan F.; Wilton, Keri M. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1998
Assesses students in a statistics laboratory of an educational psychology course for mathematics self-concept and mathematics anxiety at the beginning and end of the course. Finds that self-concept improves in a positive learning environment but that anxiety does not decrease. Reports that attitudinal factors are mediated by prior experience in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries
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Boon, Kevin Alexander – Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 1999
Describes a project for composition classes in which groups of five to six students conceive, write, design, print, and bind a book of their writings. Discusses methodology, defining form and content of the books, offering guidance, use of in-class time, evaluation, grading, and the results. Notes that the quality of student writing dramatically…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Higher Education
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Rutherford, Robert B., Jr.; Mathur, Sarup R.; Quinn, Mary M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1998
Examined the effectiveness of a cooperative-learning group structure and direct instruction in promoting social communication of 14 delinquent female adolescents. Participants were assigned to one of three cooperative-learning groups to receive 12 30-minute social-communication training sessions. Systematic increases in communication skills were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Cooperative Learning, Delinquent Rehabilitation
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Roebuck, Deborah Britt – Business Communication Quarterly, 1998
Describes the use in business-communication classes of Team Learning, an approach to teaching in which students spend approximately 80% of their in-class time working in permanent, heterogeneous teams, becoming active and responsible participants in the learning process. Describes the instructional activity sequence, getting started, forming the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Business Communication, Cooperative Learning, Grading
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