Cooperative learning and academic achievement: why does groupwork work?

Cooperative learning refers to instructional methods in which students work in small groups to help each other learn. Four major theoretical perspectives on achievement effects of cooperative learning are reviewed: Motivational, social cohesion, developmental, and cognitive elaboration. Evidence fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert E. Slavin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Servicio de Publicaciones 2014-10-01
Series:Anales de Psicología
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-97282014000300002&lng=en&tlng=en