Cooperative Learning: Passing Fad or Long-Term Promise?

The long-term promise of cooperative learning may quickly dissolve unless there is careful examination of issues related to successful practices. The article defines a context for cooperative learning and links its current popularity to middle school theory and philosophy, young adolescent character...

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Published in:Middle school journal 1993-01, Vol.24 (3), p.3-7
Main Authors: Evans, Pam, Gatewood, Tom, Green, Gerald
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Cooperative Learning
Educational Innovation
Fads
Focus Section: Cooperation in the Classroom
High school students
Intermediate Grades
Junior high school students
Learning
Middle school teachers
Middle Schools
Students
Teachers
Teaching Methods
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Summary:The long-term promise of cooperative learning may quickly dissolve unless there is careful examination of issues related to successful practices. The article defines a context for cooperative learning and links its current popularity to middle school theory and philosophy, young adolescent characteristics, research claims, and simple application. Similarities to passing fads (such as the open classroom) are discussed. (MLH)
ISSN:0094-0771
2327-6223
DOI:10.1080/00940771.1993.11495887