“A structured form of small group problem solving that incorporates the use of heterogeneous teams, maintains individual accountability, promotes positive interdependence, instills group processing, ...

K-12 educators sometimes use the terms “collaborative learning” and “cooperative learning” interchangeably when discussing students working together in the classroom. But the two terms carry distinct ...

Why should I promote studying in groups? A small-group peer learning environment complements the traditional classroom environment, ideally providing a comfortable space for “academic risk-taking”: ...

Cooperative learning (CL) is widely recognised as a pedagogical practice that develops socialisation and learning through ...

(This is Part Five in a five-part series. You can see Part One here; Part Two here; Part Three here and Part Four here.) The new question-of-the-week is: How do you promote speaking with ...

In a survey of gifted students published in 1994, a sixth-grader from New York did not mince words when asked about "cooperative learning," the educational fad that calls for students to work on ...

He favored phonics to teach reading and grouping students with different aptitudes rather than by age or grade. By Sam Roberts Robert E. Slavin, a sociologist whose research into how children learn ...

Cooperative Learning is when small teams of students work together to better understand a subject and solve problems. Advantages of Cooperative Learning are broad and deep. A joint study conducted by ...