Research on cooperative learning and achievement: What we know, what we need to know.

摘要: Research on cooperative learning is one of the greatest success stories in history educational research. While there was some research this topic from early days century, amount and quality that greatly accelerated 1970's, continues unabated today, a quarter-century later. Hundreds studies have compared to various control methods broad range measures, but by far most frequent objective determine effects student achievement. Studies achievement taken place every major subject, at all grade levels, types schools many countries. Both field laboratory produced great deal knowledge about interventions mechanisms responsible for these effects. Further, not only subject theory; it used level millions teachers. A recent national survey (Puma, Jones, Rock, & Fernandez, 1993) found 79% elementary teachers 62% middle school reported making sustained use learning.