Cooperative Learning: Theory and Research

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Figures and Tables ix
• Preface xiii
• 1 - Cooperative Learning and Achievement: Methods for Assessing Causal Mechanisms 1
• References 20
• 2 - Cooperative Learning and Achievement 23
• References 34
• 3 - A Situational Identity Perspective on Cultural Diversity and Teamwork in the Classroom 39
• Final Remarks 67
• References 67
• 4 - Teachers' Verbal Behavior in Cooperative and Whole-Class Instruction 77
• Appendix 90
• References 92
• 5 - Creating Classroom Communities of Literate Thinkers 95
• Note 120
• References 120
• 6 - Cooperative Learning and Students' Academic Achievement, Process Skills, Learning Environment, and Self-Esteem in Tenth-Grade Biology Classrooms 123
• References 146
• 7 - Team Learning in German Classrooms: Processes and Outcomes 151
• References 169
• 8 - Cooperative Learning, Motivation to Learn, and Academic Achievement 173
• References 200
• 9 - Treating Status Problems in the Cooperative Classroom 203
• References 228
• 10 - Cooperative Learning as Part of a Comprehensive Classroom Program Designed to Promote Prosocial Development 231
• Notes 258
• References 258
• 11 - Comprehensive Cooperative Learning Models: Embedding Cooperative Learning in the Curriculum and the School 261
• Notes 280
• References 280
• 12 - Cooperative Learning: a Perspective on Research and Practice 285
• References 299
• Selected Bibliography 301
• Index 305
• About the Editor and Contributors 311

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