Educators have been conducting research about the relative effects of cooperative, competitive, and individual learning for several decades. The research shows that collaborative learning experiences tend to promote higher achievement in learners than do the competitive or individual learning experiences. This chapter highlights the benefits of collaborative learning, factors that may be important in making collaborative learning experiences more effective, and ideas that may help ensure greater success with collaborative learning in the classroom,
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/1/2009Stock # PB268X_10